In March 1928, after the phenomenal success of The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway returned from Paris with his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer—the stylish Vogue editor and scorned “other woman” who would give up everything to be with him. Cockeyed Happy chronicles the little-known story of their marriage across six summers spent in Wyoming from 1928 to 1939, each showing Hemingway in a different place in his writing—and in their marriage—from smitten newlywed to bored, restless husband and ultimately to philanderer as he falls in love with another woman once again.
“In Cockeyed Happy: Ernest Hemingway's Wyoming Summers With Pauline, Mountain Living editor-in-chief Darla Worden takes us inside the little-known details of the six summers Hemingway spent in Wyoming … adventuresome times for the then-ascendant writer.”
—Esquire
“Is there anything more to be written about Ernest Hemingway? Well, yes. Denver author Darla Worden has put together an enticing story of Hemingway’s summers in Wyoming with his second wife, Pauline. ‘Cockeyed Happy’ is not only a look into a famous marriage, but it’s also a lot of fun to read.”
—Denver Post
“Cockeyed Happy often reads like a novel, and Worden puts herself in the minds of her subjects.”
—Jackson Hole News & Guide
“This is a story of romance, adventure, anger and regret, told with intimate and compelling detail. It’s a provocative read.”
—Lee Gutkind, author of My Last Eight Thousand Days
"Streamlined and impacting, Darla Worden's Cockeyed Happy could be construed as a narrative of the author himself, a compelling account of Hemingway's summers in Wyoming—and I can think of no finer compliment."
—Craig Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries
“Worden, editor in chief of Mountain Living magazine, sheds light on Ernest Hemingway’s relationship with Pauline Pfeiffer, who Worden calls ‘the invisible wife,’ in her immersive debut.”
—Publisher’s Weekly
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