PARIS WITHOUT END

Paris Without End: The True Story of Hemingway's First Wife by Gioia Diliberto - Last summer I enjoyed The Paris Wife, a fictionalized account of Ernest Hemingway's marriage to his first wife, Hadley, narrated by Hadley. This book, Paris Without End, is the exhaustively researched and cited story, with every last detail, including lots of photos of Hadley, her family, Ernest and Jack, called Bumby, their only child. The print in the version I read is super small and light, and of course, it's the same story, only longer. Much longer. So I looked at all the pictures, read the captions and skipped large swaths of the book to get to the end. But it still is a good story, so I ended up reading the last half in its entirety. If you want to know about Papa and Hadley, and you prefer non-fiction, then read Paris Without End. If you love fiction, and could be satisfied with a more abridged version, then The Paris Wife is your book.
If you just want a delightful and unusual read about Paris in the 1920s, then read Paris Portraits (I reviewed it on 12-7-11) and then watch Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris in that order. Save yourself a LOT of time.