Zelda: a Biography
Nancy Milford
424 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0060129913
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Language: English
Publish: 28800000
BiographyBiography MemoirFeminismHistoricalHistoryMemoirMental IllnessNonfictionUnfinishedWomens
The wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda has remained a shadowy figure. In this biography it becomes clear how deeply dependent on each other the Fitzgeralds were, and to what an extraordinary degree their dreams were matching ones. We also get insight into Scott Fitzgerald as a husband and dominator. During more than one nervous breakdown and clinic visit were, remarkably, when she wrote her books. A very complicated and unhappy woman emerges. A match for her husband but no match for herself…..