Hemingways Girl, Erika Robuck
Hemingways Girl, Erika Robuck
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Hemingway's Girl

Author: Erika Robuck

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/25/2013


Synopsis

"She remembered when Hemingway had planted a banyan tree at his house and told her its parasitic roots were like human desire. At the time she'd thought it romantic. She hadn't understood his warning."

In 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 World War I veterans who are laboring to build the Overseas Highway.

When 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.

About Erika Robuck

Erika Robuck is the national bestselling author of historical fiction, including Sisters of Night and Fog, The Invisible Woman, and Hemingway's Girl. Her articles have appeared in Writer Unboxed, Crime Reads, and Writer's Digest, and she has been named a Maryland Writer's Association Notable Writer of 2024.

A boating enthusiast, amateur historian, and teacher, she resides in Annapolis with her husband and three sons.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Annette on February 14, 2022

In 1935, Key West, Mariella Bennet, in order to support her mother and two sisters, seeks an employment as a housekeeper at Hemingway’s house. From the beginning, she is attracted to Ernest Hemingway, but soon after, she also meets previous soldier now boxer, Gavin Murray, and a love triangle begins......more

Goodreads review by Anne (Booklady) on January 26, 2015

I found this novel by accident and squealed in delight as I read the book which is very easy to read. Erika Robuck has done her homework on Hemingway, Key West, and the Great Hurricane of 1935 in which 1000 veterans lost their lives while building the road that ties the Keys to the Florida mainland.......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on April 30, 2016

I have to admit that I have never read an Ernest Hemingway novel. I have read about him in school, I have seen movies based on his books, but somehow I have never actually read a whole book written by him. Not that I don't want to, there are novels by him I would love to read, it just never happened......more

Goodreads review by Zeena on July 25, 2015

I adored this book! Beautiful book with great characters.......more

Goodreads review by Dianna on October 20, 2012

First of all, I am terrified that I'm going to start smoking. Mariella is as tied to her cigarettes as she is to the sea. A living, breathing thing in this book and the only thing not smoking. The author clearly knows life near the ocean, and I'm convinced could survive with a fishing pole and some......more