![]() ![]() Most consistently, Zelda is worried about money, her husband’s alcoholism and lack of productivity, and her own desire for recognition. Fowler is a close study of their famously tumultuous relationship, sparing no detail by following the Fitzgeralds through the less glamorous parts of their lives and the more obscure moments of history, including Zelda’s obsession with ballet and the strained relationship she had with their daughter, Scottie. Then Fowler unfolds the next 20 years: the couple’s New York celebrity after This Side of Paradise the years in Paris with the other “Lost Generation” expats and their return to the U.S. The famous couple have a whirlwind courtship in Montgomery, Ala., where Scott was briefly stationed at the end of WWI, and Zelda was the talk of the town. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald come into focus in Fowler’s rich debut. ![]()
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