The story of the passionate Zelda Fitzgerald.

Starting to read this book today. Just finished reading Jennifer Robson's book "Moonlight Over Paris" about the Lost Generation of artists who lived in Paris in the mid-1920's, and was inspired to read the biography of Zelda Fitzgerald as a follow up.

Finished reading this book today. It has taken me a while to complete the reading of this book however I'm glad that I continued and finished it. The author, Nancy Milford has thoroughly researched her subject and her writing is detailed. The depiction of Zelda's life as she grew up in the southern states, her marriage and unconventional life with F. Scott Fitzgerald and then her slow decline through mental illness over the last years of her life is clearly portrayed to the reader. Overall there is a sense of sadness with her life, in particular with the apparent absence of a close mother-daughter relationship which she was never able to develop with her only child/daughter, Scottie. The fast-paced life that Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald led in the early 20's, in Paris and abroad, along with the effects of alcoholism particularly for Scott, contributed significantly to their eventual desolate situations in life. However their love for each other was clearly apparent, even in the worst of times, and together they impacted the cultural changes in the literary and artistic world of the 1920's and 1930's. Zelda was a strong woman in many ways and constantly fought the demons that plagued her up to the end of her life.

Left on top of the telephone in the phone booth at the Shell Gas Station, corner of hwy 89 & hwy 27.

Released for the 2018 Never Judge a Book By Its Cover! Challenge Week 9: Theme - a woman on the cover

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