authors' spouses

"In 1937, twenty-eight-year-old Martha Gellhorn travels alone to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War and becomes drawn to the stories of ordinary people caught in the devastating conflict. It's the adventure she's been looking for and her chance to prove herself a worthy journalist in a field dominated by men. But she also finds herself unexpectedly--and uncontrollably--falling in love with Hemingway, a man on his way to becoming a legend. In the shadow of the impending Second World War, and set against the turbulent backdrops of Madrid and Cuba, Martha and Ernest's relationship and their professional careers ignite. But when Ernest publishes the biggest literary success of his career, For Whom the Bell Tolls, they are no longer equals, and Martha must make a choice: surrender to the confining demands of being a famous man's wife or risk losing Ernest by forging a path as her own woman and writer."--Provided by publisher.

Grace and Ted Chapman, literary power couple, are good at hiding the secret of Ted's rages and moodswings and Grace's dark past until Ted's longtime assistant leaves, and they find their marriage threatened when they hire new assistant Beth.

Arthur Conan Doyle and his wife, Louisa, arrive at the Britannic Hotel in 1890s New York, where Louisa, after coming across the body of a woman in the Bowery who she recognizes from the hotel, finds disturbing clues which point back to a stalker.

Chronicles the life of Constance Lloyd Wilde, the wife of the author Oscar Wilde.

Chronicles the life of Zelda Fitzgerald, discussing how she transformed from the archetypal Southern belle to the first American flapper.

Calvin Trillin recounts his wife Alice's life, describing her career, beauty, influence on his life, and devastating death.

"Struggling to support her family in mid-19th-century New York, writer Frances Osgood makes an unexpected connection with literary master Edgar Allan Poe and finds her survival complicated by her intense attraction to the writer and the scheming manipulations of his wife"--Provided by OCLC.

A memoir of Norris Church Mailer, the wife and inspiration of author Norman Mailer. Describes the challenges of dealing with ex-wives, ex-girlfriends, and seven stepchildren, as well as Mailer's circle of celebrity friends. Discusses the challenges and passion of their thirty-three marriage till his death.

Alroy Kear, commissioned to write a biography of literary lion Edward Driffield, faces a dilemma when h uncovers evidence of Driffield's somewhat less-then- respectable first wife, Rosie.