02029cam a2200361 i 4500 360190844 TxAuBib 20180101120000.0 180306s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018009611 9781984800497 1984800493 TxAuBib rda McLain, Paula. Love and ruin / Paula McLain. First edition. New York : Ballantine Books, [2018] 388 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. She also finds herself unexpectedly—and uncontrollably—falling in love with 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 make 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 confining demands of being a famous man's wife or risk losing Ernest by forging a path as her own woman and writer. It is a dilemma that will force her to break his heart, and her own. 20180101. Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 Marriage Fiction. Gellhorn, Martha, 1908-1998 Fiction. War correspondents United States Fiction. Journalists United States Fiction. Women journalists Fiction. Authors' spouses Fiction. Authors Fiction. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction.