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Whoa - I couldn't put this one down. Read it in two sittings. A real page turner. It's very intelligently written. The plot is intricate due to the nature of the story, i.e., the main character has no long or short term memory from one day to the next. She only retains what she learns in her waking hours, then goes to sleep and when she re-awakens, it's gone; she has to start over learning who she is, what's happened in her life in the last twenty years. I didn't find one "wait a minute" (error) in the way the author clearly laid out the twisted narrative. Great read, quick and fascinating. Keeps you guessing til the end as to who Chrissy can trust - or not!
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I loved this book - the best one I read in all of 2011, and I read quite a bit. I found it riveting. Yes, it's about the Lost Generation and Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Stein, Paris in the 20's, bullfighting - which all make it fascinating. But to me it was a remarkable love story. The relationship between Hadley Richardson, Ernest Hemingway's first wife, and Hemingway is so intensely and beautifully portrayed. I am about to re-read this superbly written first novel by Paula Mclain, as I plan to select it for my book club. I think it will make for very interesting, heartfelt discussion.
Paula Mclain vividly portrays "the lost generation" living large in Paris in the 1920's. She does this through her heart warming and heart wrenching story of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife. Told through the eyes of Hadley Richardson who marries Ernest when she is 28 and he is 21, the novel pulls the reader deeper and deeper into this very personal, tantalizing account of the couple's shared love and life. To be sure, it is about Ernest and Hadley, but Mclain also provides a good overview of the intensely romantic, decadent, sometimes tragically sad but delicious, era. I could not put the book down, and through my tears, hated to have it end.
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Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. Watson
Suzanne in Ashland , January 29, 2012
Whoa - I couldn't put this one down. Read it in two sittings. A real page turner. It's very intelligently written. The plot is intricate due to the nature of the story, i.e., the main character has no long or short term memory from one day to the next. She only retains what she learns in her waking hours, then goes to sleep and when she re-awakens, it's gone; she has to start over learning who she is, what's happened in her life in the last twenty years. I didn't find one "wait a minute" (error) in the way the author clearly laid out the twisted narrative. Great read, quick and fascinating. Keeps you guessing til the end as to who Chrissy can trust - or not!(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)
The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain
Suzanne in Ashland , January 19, 2012
I loved this book - the best one I read in all of 2011, and I read quite a bit. I found it riveting. Yes, it's about the Lost Generation and Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Stein, Paris in the 20's, bullfighting - which all make it fascinating. But to me it was a remarkable love story. The relationship between Hadley Richardson, Ernest Hemingway's first wife, and Hemingway is so intensely and beautifully portrayed. I am about to re-read this superbly written first novel by Paula Mclain, as I plan to select it for my book club. I think it will make for very interesting, heartfelt discussion.The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain
Suzanne in Ashland , September 5, 2011
Paula Mclain vividly portrays "the lost generation" living large in Paris in the 1920's. She does this through her heart warming and heart wrenching story of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife. Told through the eyes of Hadley Richardson who marries Ernest when she is 28 and he is 21, the novel pulls the reader deeper and deeper into this very personal, tantalizing account of the couple's shared love and life. To be sure, it is about Ernest and Hadley, but Mclain also provides a good overview of the intensely romantic, decadent, sometimes tragically sad but delicious, era. I could not put the book down, and through my tears, hated to have it end.(3 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)