Hemingway's Girl by Erika Robuck - ISBN: 9780451237880
Paperback
Key West, Hemingway, and a woman caught between dreams and danger.

Hemingway's Girl

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    4 September 2012

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Summary

From the bestselling author of The House of Hawthorne comes a historical fiction novel that gives life to the women behind novelist Ernest Hemingway in a “robust, tender story of love, grief, and survival on Key West in the 1930s.”

In Depression-era Key West, Mariella Bennet, the daughter of an American fisherman and a Cuban woman, knows hunger. Her struggle to support her family following her father’s death leads her to a bar and bordello, where she bets on a risky boxing ma…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780451237880
ISBN-10:0451237889
Author:Erika Robuck
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:4 September 2012
Weight:360g
Dimensions:29mm x 209mm x 139mm
Series:New American Library (NAL)
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“You’ll love this robust, tender story of love, grief, and survival on Key West in the 1930s…Addictive.”-Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us

“Robuck’s breathtaking alchemy is to put us inside the world of Hemingway and his wife Pauline….Dazzlingly written and impossibly moving, this novel is a supernova.”—Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Beautiful World“You’ll love this [novel]…Addictive.”—*Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of The Stormchasers“Richly realized…Readers will delight in the complex relationships and vivid setting.”—Publishers Weekly“A total reading pleasure—ultimately a story about seeking and finding the best in ourselves and in others.”—Historical Novel Society, Editor’s Choice“I fell in love with Robuck’s Hemingway and with the fiery Mariella Bennet, but what I loved most was the novel’s message: that we can inspire each other to be better human beings.”—Ann Napolitano, author of A Good Hard Look“Evokes a setting of the greatest fascination…This is assured and richly enjoyable storytelling.”—Margaret Leroy, author of The Soldier’s Wife“Brings to vivid life the captivating and volatile world of a literary legend.”—Kristina McMorris, author of The Edge of Lost“An inspiring story of heartache and renewal. Readers will be sure to enjoy this ode to a literary icon.”—Sarah McCoy, bestselling author of The Mapmaker’s Children“Colorful, atmospheric, and a pleasure to plunge into.”—Joseph Wallace, author of Diamond Ruby

About The Author

Erika Robuck

Erika Robuck is the national bestselling author of The House of Hawthorne, Fallen Beauty, Call Me Zelda, Hemingway’s Girl, and Receive Me Falling. She is a contributor to the fiction blog Writer Unboxed, and she maintains her own blog, Muse. She is a member of the Hawthorne Society, the Hemingway Society, the Historical Novel Society, and the Edna St. Vincent Millay Society. She lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with her husband and three sons.

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