Z : A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald

from michigantrumpet

F. Scott Fitzgerald is rightly heralded as the voice of his generation and his 'The Great Gatsby' is an essential entry on high school and college reading lists. In addition to his place as a man of American letters, he was friends with just about everyone else worth knowing from his time, from E...

from Loried

I found Z very interesting, especially having read both The Paris Wife and The Aviator's Wife and other readings from that time period, so this added to my impression of the 20's. I previously had known very little about the Fitzgeralds, so I appreciated learning about them and more about the tim...

from TRWhittier

Z: A NOVEL OF ZELDA FITZGERALD is the fictionalized, yet well-researched account of the woman whom, as the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, everyone thought they knew. History has portrayed her as a crazy, spoiled, attention-seeking flapper who, after becoming jealous of her husband's success, tried ...

from Jcambridge

I could not help but compare this book to "The Paris Wife", which fictionalized the relationship of Hemingway and his then wife Hadley during the same period. I found "Z" to be the better of the two, because I felt the character of Zelda was better developed than was Hadley. I would recommend bot...

from TheJeanette

This is Zelda Lite. I think it will be absolute perfection for readers who just want a quick romp through the years of Zelda's life that are most relevant to her role as the wife of a famous and very troubled writer. There's almost nothing about her life before she met Scott, and only a brief Aft...