I'm not a huge Ernest Hemingway fan, so I've put off reading The Paris Wife for some time, but I shouldn't have worried. Hadley's life is so often glossed over, yet so fascinating both in its own right and its effect on the development of Hemingway's writing, I'm glad McLain decided to give Hadley a voice. The book dragged in its third act, but that's more a result of Hadley's reluctance to detach herself from a man who no longer could give her what she wanted than any fault of the author's.