The Importance of Not Being Ernest

by Mark Kurlansky

First published 2020

Ernest Hemingway's life is in shambles. His writing has dried up, his marriage is crumbling, and his days are filled with aimless drinking. When a young, mysterious woman appears, claiming to be his long-lost daughter, Ernest is forced to confront the lies he's built his life upon. As he unravels the truth, he must decide whether to embrace the family he never knew or lose himself in the bottom of a bottle forever.

Genres: american-fiction, addiction, 20th-century, 21st-century

Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking

Tropes: unreliable-narrator

Period: 20th-Century, 21st-Century

296 pages · Kindle Edition · Books & Books Press

Content warnings: addiction, alcohol-abuse

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