Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald: An American Woman's Life

This poor girl! She married F. Scott Fitzgerald at an early age, spent the first years of her marriage drinking at partying. Her stories got published under her husbands name. She was a wonderful dancer, and could have danced in a number of dance troups in France, but was told she was no good by her husband. Her husband accused her of stealing his material, even thought she was who had lived in the south... Told she was schizophrenic, and subsequently given shock treatment that took away her memory and then she died, in an institution, from a fire at the age of 57. What a sad story for a very intelligent and creative lady who was born in the wrong time...

The book was well documented, although the writing was a little bland, and the author kept bringing in different opinions that were interesting, but weren't weaved into the story very well. I'm glad I read this, but it makes me feel very good that I live in the present day...

Carrie