Zelda

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Summary: A brilliant woman in semi-brilliant times
Review: Semi-brilliant because it was still a time when Zelda was explained as sick because of her ambition and lack of satisfaction in the demands of being a wife and mother. No one thought to tell her as a child she may have to make her own way and Scott only said it later because he was tired of her financial drain on him and already looking with desire at other women. She expected exactly what she was told would happen, and it did happen for a little while, until it all started falling apart.She wasn't prepared, but made a valiant attempt to succeed- Against a destructive jealous alcoholic genius husband, a snobbish daughter, and a world that wished she would learn her "place", could you have stayed sane? Granted she wasn't an angel, but F. Scott Fitz owes his very legend to her. This book reveals through her own words and those of others what she may have been, and frankly what she became as a writer and artist is more than many "sane" people will ever be.

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Summary: The woman behind the man
Review: The world of Zelda Fitzgerald, (the long suffering wife of F.Scott Fitzgerald), is shared openly and honestly by Milford. From her priviledged childhood in Montgomery, Alabama; to her final descent into maddness. Zelda's talent as a writer is evidenced as she is rumored to have written some of the works credited to her husband. Zelda was a liberated woman who rebelled against the social mores of her time, and by doing so, reserved her spot in history