{"product_id":"hemingways-girl-paperback","title":"Hemingway's Girl - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErika Robuck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe House of Hawthorne\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"*\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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 match...and attracts the interest of two men: world-famous writer, Ernest Hemingway, and Gavin Murray, one of the WWI veterans who are laboring to build the Overseas Highway. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Mariella is hired as a maid by Hemingway's second wife, Pauline, she enters a rarified world of lavish, celebrity-filled dinner parties and elaborate off-island excursions. As she becomes caught up in the tensions and excesses of the Hemingway household, the attentions of the larger-than-life writer become a dangerous temptation...even as straightforward Gavin Murray draws her back to what matters most. Will she cross an invisible line with the volatile Hemingway, or find a way to claim her own dreams? As a massive hurricane bears down on Key West, Mariella faces some harsh truths...and the possibility of losing everything she loves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErika Robuck\u003c\/b\u003e is the national bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe House of Hawthorne\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFallen Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCall Me Zelda\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHemingway's Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReceive Me Falling\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755984814368,"sku":"9780451237880","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4484a32869e2809d334cfac99bd82c0d.webp?v=1780072124","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hemingways-girl-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}