At first I was unsure about this book because I knew nothing of Hemingway or the 20s in Paris. But the book drew me in and I was curious to know how Hadley's marriage with Ernest turned out. It was at times difficult to understand how Hadley put up with some of what was going on but I guess it was a different time. It was interesting to hear about someone dealing with homesickness in a strange country.. been there done that. You could feel the romance between the two and the understanding that they would always love each other but that maybe that just wasn't enough, for one or both of them. Overall a great fictional account of Hemingways first marriage.