This book explores the evolution of Ernest Hemingway's thinking regarding meaningful existence as revealed in his major novels. In addition, this book includes the author's personal reflections from a Christian perspective. "Too often, facing mortality is the only catalyst to provoke life's most intimate and existential questions. In Villa-Real's study of Hemingway, she weaves the prolific author's life and her Christian upbringing into the narrative to deliver a deeply probing analysis while simultaneously allowing audiences into the mind and experiences of a man who shaped a work that has influenced millions throughout communities and classrooms alike." U.S Review of Books book review by Mihir Shah