tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883575980086212146.post287846696150671503..comments2024-03-28T02:47:41.111-05:00Comments on Smoke & Mirrors: Literary Wives #24!!Lynn @ Smoke & Mirrorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464153596817995684noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883575980086212146.post-67833487242202248492017-03-02T11:32:58.409-06:002017-03-02T11:32:58.409-06:00I envision Ernest as the stereotypical "party...I envision Ernest as the stereotypical "party boy"--fun to be around, but definitely not someone you would want to be "involved with"! I never will forget in The Paris Wife how Hadley, Fife, and Ernest were having toast and sherry for breakfast! Geeminy! Those people were never NOT drunk, were they? I felt Fife's love was more obsession than anything else--she was determined to WIN by not only marrying him but 'keeping him,' in my opinion. I have known a couple of women (though not well) who seemed to be so devoted to their husbands they basically neglected their children...I think that is so sad! Why have children if you don't intend to get to know them and care for and about them? Though I believe some women just have children because they feel it is "expected" of them. And it's not as if Fife (and thereby Ernest) ever had to worry about money...they could do as they pleased. In rereading my Goodreads review, I had noted that Hadley was the only one of the four wives who hadn't been his mistress first!! :)Lynn @ Smoke & Mirrorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464153596817995684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883575980086212146.post-76624574074137276162017-03-01T08:20:51.444-06:002017-03-01T08:20:51.444-06:00Your last sentence reminds me that I wondered abou...Your last sentence reminds me that I wondered about that while reading the book - what would I have thought of Ernest had we met? I would like to think I would have kept my head, but would I have fallen for him like everyone else? <br />I think Hadley did well for herself to get out of there. I'm not so sure I could have handled watching all those adults getting drunk and ridiculous night after night. <br />I didn't know what to think about Fife's decision to go everywhere with Ernest rather than be with her children. I'm not so sure it was out of love that she did it. Maybe more out of fear of losing him, which isn't the same thing. So I felt bad for her that she was missing out on her children because of that fear.Naomihttp://consumedbyink.canoreply@blogger.com