tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post469492072502795774..comments2024-01-27T03:42:09.622-05:00Comments on A Bookish Affair: Review: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain Meg @ A Bookish Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634397276714805455noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-13035673508514208032016-01-30T20:24:40.075-05:002016-01-30T20:24:40.075-05:00I definitely agree with you on the time in which H...I definitely agree with you on the time in which Hadley was living having a great effect on how her life turned out!Meg @ A Bookish Affairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634397276714805455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-53216116175207325782016-01-30T20:23:38.771-05:002016-01-30T20:23:38.771-05:00I see where you're coming from. I think a lot ...I see where you're coming from. I think a lot of the things that she put up with came from the time in which she was living in (much like what Faith says below). It definitely wasn't fair to Hadley but I could imagine how you could get tied up in staying in a marriage like that!Meg @ A Bookish Affairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634397276714805455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-31716468962390412962016-01-30T20:12:44.747-05:002016-01-30T20:12:44.747-05:00So many books, so little time!So many books, so little time!Meg @ A Bookish Affairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634397276714805455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-66423132112104381642016-01-30T20:12:27.957-05:002016-01-30T20:12:27.957-05:00I can't believe it took so long for me to get ...I can't believe it took so long for me to get around to reading it!Meg @ A Bookish Affairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634397276714805455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-78896402197701858952016-01-30T20:11:44.550-05:002016-01-30T20:11:44.550-05:00Agreed!!!Agreed!!!Meg @ A Bookish Affairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634397276714805455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-64276211036266647972016-01-30T10:32:45.285-05:002016-01-30T10:32:45.285-05:00I enjoyed this one. It's a fascinating look at...I enjoyed this one. It's a fascinating look at a by-gone era. It made me want to go back and reread some Hemingway. I understand techeditor's disappointment, but looked at it differently. Hadley was surrounded by talented, accomplished women and I wanted her to do more to develop her own potential beyond a single piano concert. But we have to remember this is history. It took tremendous energy and a special personality (for women or men) to buck the system. The vast majority of women couldn't even conceive of trying, much less succeed. The fact that Hadley failed, doesn't make her a sap, it makes her a woman of her time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-90981608595036356032016-01-30T09:28:55.357-05:002016-01-30T09:28:55.357-05:00I read this, too. And I cannot agree with You. H... I read this, too. And I cannot agree with You. Hadley was nothing but a sap throughout this book, and it disgusted me. I could not sympathize with her because she was an intelligent woman. Hemingway had no business lounging around in Paris with his rich friends; he had no money, himself, but he did it entirely with Hadley's trust fund. <br /><br />But Hadley had assured Ernest before they were married that she’d never stand in the way of his writing career. She told him that she would only be his partner and encourage it. So she didn’t usually complain but went along with everything. That even included threesomes for a time. No kidding. Hadley was miserable but but kept putting up with it in even going along with it.<br /><br />McLain says that this book of fiction is mostly fact. That makes THE PARIS WIFE interesting. Still, I couldn’t take it in large doses because of my disgust with Ernest and the rest of those expatriate writers in Paris and also with Hadley. While I could understand how a wife could be a sap for her husband, I couldn’t sympathize with her plight when she was putting up with threesomes every day, even in her bed.techeditorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01713987832589573174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-42156822274515145262016-01-29T12:22:02.067-05:002016-01-29T12:22:02.067-05:00Hahaha....you aren't the ONLY one! I've ha...Hahaha....you aren't the ONLY one! I've had this one on my list forEVER it seems. And I'm not sure when I will actually read it. I don't know why I've been waiting. Everyone who has read it loves it!Kim@Time2Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15584489744366874728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-82080556541085303512016-01-29T09:31:07.778-05:002016-01-29T09:31:07.778-05:00This is one of the books I missed. Will put it on ...This is one of the books I missed. Will put it on my list!Harveehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490108303790217277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-64864282030280825042016-01-29T07:19:19.307-05:002016-01-29T07:19:19.307-05:00For me, this was a compelling read drawing me into...For me, this was a compelling read drawing me into a world which was fascinating.Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.com