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Love and ruin

by Paula McLain · 2018

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After meeting and falling in love while she covered the Spanish Civil War in Madrid, Martha Gellhorn is forced to choose between her marriage to Ernest Hemingway and her career as a war correspondent.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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journalistsjournalistsMore like thisLess of thiswriterswritersMore like thisLess of this
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USAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
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long · 432 pages

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