** spoiler alert ** 
 I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I'll admit, I knew nothing about Ernest Hemingway's life going into it except that he: 
 1. Wrote books 
 2. Lived in Key West 
 3. Had a six-toed cat 
 Around the time Pauline came back into the picture I thought to myself "He's going to sleep with her" and then visit Wikipedia to get the "true" story. 
 I loved Hadley. I never really felt sorry for her, in the way that I sometimes do for jilted wives. Instead, I thought she was the perfect mix of sad, pathetic, strong, and powerful that a woman in her position would be. And the book actually made me want to read some of his work.