
John Hemingway, Ernest's grandson, will read from and sign copies of his book Strange Tribe at the Hemingway Museum at
8 p.m. on Thursday, Februarly 25. This event is free.
John Patrick Hemingway is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Strange Tribe: A Family Memoir, which reveals the similarities and the complex relationship between his father Dr. Gregory Hemingway and his grandfather, Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway; it also addresses for the first time the connection between his father's cross-dressing and sex reassignment and Ernest Hemingway.
John Hemingway was born in Miami and lived in New York, Missoula and Los Angeles where he graduated from UCLA before moving to Italy in 1983. In Milan, John taught English and worked as a translator. At the same time he also wrote short stories and articles that have been published in national newspapers and magazines in the United States, Italy and Spain such as Saw Palm Literature and Arts Review, Fogged Clarity, Home magazine, El Mundo, Corriere della Sera etc. His short story 'Uncle Gus' was the featured short story for the relaunch of the Saturday Evening Post in July 2009.
As revealed in his memoir, Strange Tribe, Hemingway's childhood was not an easy one. His father suffered from bipolar disorder and his mother was schizophrenic. John spent his early years being shuffled from one home to another, and having to take care of himself and his younger sister when his mother would have psychotic break downs. His move to Italy was a way of distancing himself from his troubled family background and trying to come to terms with it. After spending two decades in Italy and a year in Spain, John now lives with his wife and two children in Montreal, Canada.