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A review by nikkigee81
Gellhorn: A Twentieth-Century Life by Caroline Moorehead
4.0
I found this biography from the source material for Beautiful Exiles, and was intrigued. I didn't know much about Martha Gellhorn prior to reading that book and wanted to know more.
This is a thoroughly researched biography, penned by a woman whose mother was close friends with Martha. Lots of primary source materials, such as letters, were used.
Martha Gellhorn was a fascinating woman, but also maddening. Intrepid, fearless, but also cold and distant. It's obvious she didn't quite think through what adopting a child would do to her life. You can't just go traipsing around to multiple countries when you have a kid. And she just stuck Sandy with nannies all the time! Ridiculous.
I do want to read some of her own work now, though.
This is a thoroughly researched biography, penned by a woman whose mother was close friends with Martha. Lots of primary source materials, such as letters, were used.
Martha Gellhorn was a fascinating woman, but also maddening. Intrepid, fearless, but also cold and distant. It's obvious she didn't quite think through what adopting a child would do to her life. You can't just go traipsing around to multiple countries when you have a kid. And she just stuck Sandy with nannies all the time! Ridiculous.
I do want to read some of her own work now, though.