This is a great historical read, and the way the author delves into the motivations of Marty and Ernest is skilled, as the author artfully describes the extensive travel, the atmosphere of a world swept up into WWII. Love & Ruin is basically a historical romance, told from the point of view of Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway’s third wife. The book artfully captures the atmosphere of the time… But when Ernest publishes the biggest literary success of his career, For Whom The Bell Tolls, they are no longer equals, and Martha must forge a path as her own woman and writer. On the eve of WWII, and set against the turbulent backdrops of Madrid and Cuba, Martha and Ernest’s relationship and careers ignite. She also finds herself unexpectedly - and uncontrollably - falling in love with the author Ernest Hemingway, a man already on his way to becoming a legend. In 1937, twenty-eight-year-old Martha travels alone to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War and becomes drawn to the stories of ordinary people caught in devastating conflict. REVIEWED BY BARBARA BEATON The author of The Paris Wife reimagines the life of Ernest Hemingway’s third wife, the war correspondent Martha Gellhorn Subscribe to our magazine for more great content
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