![]() ![]() And, you truly would never guess this novel takes place during Prohibition based on the amount of alcohol flowing through it…which made for an exciting, but heartbreaking story. The story of Zelda and Scott is a tragic love story carried out amid fame (if not fortune), glitter, clinking champagne glasses, and the literary intelligentsia of the time (Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, etc). Hadley Hemingway’s), so it’s especially interesting if you’ve already read The Paris Wife. And, Z even covers the same time period as The Paris Wife, but from a different perspective (Zelda’s vs. Z is similar to The Paris Wife by Paula McLain in that it’s a fictional take from a famous author’s wife’s perspective about a real period of time in their lives. ![]() The start is a little slow, but don’t let it deter you because the story picks up steam quickly. I know there is Gatsby everywhere right now with the movie coming out, but this book really lives up to the hype. I absolutely loved this book, was sad when I finished it, and couldn’t wait to write about it. Scott Fitzgerald’s relationship as told from Zelda’s fictional perspective. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
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