A review by ricefun
Mrs. Hemingway by Naomi Wood

3.0

I was drawn to this book having read "The Paris Wife." It is a quick read and a good story. My problem with the book is how Wood constructs the telling of each wife's story by starting each at the end of their respective relationship with Hemingway. This has the effect of showing the worst side of their characters, and seems to validate their individual stories only in-so-much as they relate to HIS story. Hadley is a much fuller-bodied character in "The Paris Wife" and I believe that each woman would have had the same chance to captivate if their story where their own. While true that these women are remembered in history because of their connection to Hemingway, each were dynamic women living in their own time and context. Still, I am glad to have read it.