Tag Archives: Hemingway

Best Of Blog: Hemingway’s Cat is Missing

Posted on October 14, 2016 by splendidsummer

This post appeared in November 2011. The kitty pictured above wasn’t Hemingway’s cat but she was the inspiration for the Magical Cool Cat Mysteries. The books don’t really do her justice. She died unexpectedly and I’m just grateful now that … Continue reading →

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Ooh la la. My Paris Dream by Kate Betts

Posted on February 25, 2015 by splendidsummer

Ooh la la. My Paris Dream by Kate Betts is the best Paris memoir since Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast. This isn’t one of the detached collections of vignettes about going to the market or Luxembourg Gardens that limply passes as … Continue reading →

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Best Audiobooks of 2013 Blog Hop & Giveaway: January 1-15

Posted on December 31, 2013 by splendidsummer

Hotlistens.com is hosting a best Audiobooks of 2013 blog hop with the awesome grand prize of a six month membership to audible.com Visit hotlistens.com for a chance to win the grand prize, read reviews, and find links to other blogs … Continue reading →

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Midnight in Paris — Meeting Zelda, Scott & Hemingway

Posted on June 9, 2013 by splendidsummer
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Mystery Solved – Where is Hemingway’s Cat?

Posted on November 29, 2011 by splendidsummer

Early readers of this blog — Hi Deb! Hi Ann! Hi Jane! — know that in July, after I read Paula’s McLain’s brilliant book, The Paris Wife, I posted that Hemingway’s Cat is Missing. I explained that I felt drawn … Continue reading →

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Hemingway’s Cat is Missing — The Paris Wife

Posted on July 5, 2011 by splendidsummer

 Hemingway’s Cat is missing.    I felt drawn to The Paris Wife, Paula McLain’s novel written from the perspective of Hemingway’s first wife, Hadley, because A Moveable Feast, Hemingway’s own memoir of Roaring Twenties Paris,  has passages that remain indelible to me today … Continue reading →

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