Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald

Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald was born at the dawn of the twentieth century, destined for celebrity as one half of the infamous darlings of the Jazz Age literary world. For the first time, Zelda's story is told from her own perspective rather than through the lens of her famous husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald. A southern belle from Montgomery, Alabama, Fitzgerald epitomized the 'New Woman' of the modern era in New York and Paris, all the while living on the edge of a nervous breakdown. With a wealth of new information from the Princeton archives, author Linda Wagner-Martin vividly illustrates Zelda's psychological landscape, from the roots of her alcoholism to her enviable artistic gifts and achievements: novels, essays, short stories, ballet and even painting. This is a riveting and provocative portrayal of a talented woman's professional and emotional conflicts, as relevant today as half a century ago. Praise for Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald: 'Wagner-Martin has done more research into the life of