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A review by jeanetterenee
Gellhorn: A Twentieth-Century Life by Caroline Moorehead
5.0
Martha Gellhorn. What a broad! I love learning about women of yesteryear who refused to inhabit the prescribed female roles. I admire Martha's grit and tenacity as a journalist, and I envy her life of world travel.
I do wish she hadn't been so foolish as to marry, of all the jealous rotten rogues, Ernest Hemingway. But I suppose she can be forgiven, considering that she fell in love with him in a war zone while she was covering the Spanish Civil War. It would have been tempting to cling to a strong, manly fellow American for comfort under those circumstances. And Hem was said to be extremely charming and persuasive while in pursuit of a woman. Fortunately for Martha, it was just temporary insanity. The marriage only lasted about four years.
I do wish she hadn't been so foolish as to marry, of all the jealous rotten rogues, Ernest Hemingway. But I suppose she can be forgiven, considering that she fell in love with him in a war zone while she was covering the Spanish Civil War. It would have been tempting to cling to a strong, manly fellow American for comfort under those circumstances. And Hem was said to be extremely charming and persuasive while in pursuit of a woman. Fortunately for Martha, it was just temporary insanity. The marriage only lasted about four years.