Summary: Zelda Fitzgerald was the wife of F Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, and is known mostly in reference to his achievements or as a troubled party-girl who spent time in asylums. Incredible socialites, living in expensive hotels and partying at the hottest nightclubs, the Fitzgeralds seem like they could be lifted from Scott’s own novels of money and myth. In her new book, Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, Therese Anne Fowler looks to explore and dispel those myths, examining the life and times of literary’s golden couple through Zelda’s own eyes. She gives us a sense of Zelda as a person: a writer and artist in her own right and an individual very much distinct from her husband. Therese joined Sky Kirkham to talk about Zelda and showing truth through fiction. Originally broadcast on 18/04/13. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald is out now through Hachette.
