author
Hetty Hemenway
1890–1961
A little-known early 20th-century writer, she is remembered for Four Days: The Story of a War Marriage, a World War I-era novel that explores love, separation, and the strain of conflict. Her work survives mainly through library archives, Project Gutenberg, and a small body of periodical publication.
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Four days : The story of a war marriage
by Hetty Hemenway
About the author
Born in 1890 and deceased in 1961, Hetty Hemenway is a scarce figure in the historical record, but bibliographic and library sources consistently identify her as the author of Four Days: The Story of a War Marriage. The novel was published in Boston by Little, Brown and Company in 1917, placing her work squarely in the World War I period.
Her writing reached readers beyond the book itself. Author pages and archival references show work by her appearing in The Atlantic, suggesting that she contributed fiction or related writing to major magazines of her day.
Because so little biographical detail is readily confirmed, Hemenway is best known today through the survival of her writing rather than a well-documented public life. Modern readers are most likely to encounter her through digitized editions and library collections that have kept Four Days available.