Literature

Martha Gellhorn was the first woman – war correspondent to travel the world to cover wars. She lost only one war – the one with Hemingway in their family bedroom.

 “Why do people talk about the horror of the later years? I feel like a nice old car with parts going out of commission bit by bit, but I don’t complain… Only those who haven’t achieved what they want in life are frightened of old age.” At 90, half blind, with advanced ovarian and liver cancer, Martha Gellhorn decides her own path again. She reaches for the nightstand, overdoses on her medication, and leaves the war of this life. Perhaps also out of curiosity to see what’s beyond.