How It Was Author:Mary Welsh Hemingway Who better to write a biography and sketch of Hem than the woman who lived with him, put up with him, shared in his outdoor and European adventures, and continually threatened to leave him? — Ernest Hemmingway was Mary's third marriage; she would say the first one didn't count, and the second one, with Noel Monks, ended amicably. He... more » realized they had grown apart and wished her the best. Her marriage to Ernest almost ended before it began, following a slap to her face, but with grace and dignity, she accepted Ernest's apology, with the understanding that he teach her how to spar/box for her own safety.« less