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“It was like certain dinners I remember from the war. There was much wine, an ignored tension, and a feeling of things coming that you could not prevent happening.”

Belief: drinking to excess makes one forget life‘s tragedies. Fact: drinking to excess is its own formidable tragedy resulting in depression, paranoia, irrationality, cirrhosis, suicide, death 💀 The Great War was horrendous and barbaric and unforgiving. Rivers of alcohol and loss😞

Delightful. Short. A look at Hemmingway‘s life in Paris 1921-26, driven to write while still happily married and still unknown. Oh, there are many reasons to visit the Louve, but the reason given here was a new one for me. ☺️

Sometimes reading is a battle, especially on cold days. This short book, by the way, is absolutely delightful. It‘s really short. I‘m almost done.

#OnThisDay #Nov19

#HumbleHarvest
Day 10. Feast
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#bookspinbingo
#23in23

Thank you so much @Jas16 for not only passing on your book to me, but adding another beautiful book as well! Love the Oscar Wilde card! 💖 #bookmail

Expat Americans Gerald and Sara Murphy seemed to socialize with the who‘s who of the 1920‘s- Picasso, Hemingway, the Fitzgeralds, and Dorothy Parker just to name a few. However their generous spirits and zeal for life and art make them equally captivating figures. This biography was very detailed which made it plod along at times but it is a period time I always love reading about. Last book for #fourfoursin23 #glossyposse

Recommended by a colleague. I forgot how much i loved reading Hemingway in high school. Love his succinct writing style. Paris in the 20‘s sounded like the place to be.