This novel is the perfect follow-up to \\\"The Paris Wife\\\' by Paula McLain. The setting is Hemingway\\\'s 1930s Key West as seen through the eyes of fictional Mariella Bennet. The reader experiences the famous writer\\\'s many moods from tender to cruel. His love of deep sea fishing is central to the story. Robuck\\\'s writing style is fluid and natural.

The characters in the book brought Ernest Hemingway to life. Interesting to read about life in Key West during the depression and after WW1.