Love and ruin
CD Audiobook |
Unabridged. |
Random House Audio/Books on Tape,
[United States] :
p[2018].
- 2 of 2 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative (Show)
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Port Colborne Library
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Colborne | CD FIC McLai | Audiobooks - Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
"The internationally bestselling author of The Paris wife returns to the timeless subject of Ernest Hemingway in this story of his passionate, volatile third marriage to Martha Gellhorn, an ambitious, fiercely independent, beautiful blonde who became one of the greatest war correspondents of the 20th century. In 1937, nervous but determined to succeed, Martha Gellhorn travels alone to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War, and finds herself drawn to the stories of ordinary people caught in devastating conflict. She also finds herself unexpectedly -- and uncontrollably -- falling in love with Ernest Hemingway, a man already on his way to becoming a legend. In the shadow of the impending Second World War, and set against the tumultuous backdrops of Madrid, Finland, China, Key West and especially Cuba, where Martha and Ernest made their home, their relationship and professional careers ignite. But when Ernest publishes the biggest literary success of his career, For whom the bell tolls, they are no longer equals, and Martha must make a choice: surrender to the suffocating demands of a domestic lifestyle, or risk losing her husband by forging a path as her own woman and writer. It is a dilemma that will force her to break his heart, or her own"--
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Details
- ISBN: 9780525634812
- Physical Description: 9 audio discs (11.5 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 inchessound discsound recording
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Random House Audio/Books on Tape, p[2018].
- Copyright: ℗2018
- General Note: Compact disc.
- Participant or Performer Note: Read by January LaVoy.