Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Zelda
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
29 posts | 22 read | 35 to read
Zelda Sayre started out as a Southern beauty, became an international wonder, and died by fire in a madhouse. With her husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald, she moved in a golden aura of excitement, romance, and promise. The epitome of the Jazz Age, they rode the crest of the era to its collapse and their own. As a result of years of exhaustive research, Nancy Milford brings alive the tormented, elusive personality of Zelda and clarifies as never before her relationship with Scott Fitzgerald. Zelda traces the inner disintegration of a gifted, despairing woman, torn by the clash between her husbands career and her own talent.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
blurb
TheBookHippie
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

?Zelda by Nancy Mitford & Dr Zhivago ♥️
✍?Zadie Smith
?The Zoo on animal planet
?Dr Zhivago
?Zeppelin
? "Zat You, Santa Claus?” Louis Armstrong & The Commanders

#manicmonday

37 likes1 stack add
blurb
CoffeeAndABook
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

Introducing the latest member of #dogsoflitsy 🐾

This is ⚡️Zelda⚡️the sweetest little doggo soul!!
She came to us as a rescue dog from Romania. And also as a very cautious and yet courageous force of nature! We‘re super impressed with her and so grateful to have her in our life now ☺️

She‘s proving to be a wonderful reading companion 💘

This post comes with a special shoutout to @Cinfhen 🙋🏼‍♀️😘

mabell What a sweetheart! 🐶😍 2y
Cinfhen Awwww, what a sweet face!!! And I love her name 🥰Thanks for the introduction xx 2y
AmyG She is beautiful! ❤️ 2y
See All 16 Comments
Ruthiella ❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️🐶 2y
CoffeeAndABook @Cinfhen ☺️☺️☺️ I know! We‘re so smitten with her!! 💓 glad you got to „meet“ her 😉 2y
BookwormAHN 💜💜💜 2y
LeahBergen Aww! 🥰🥰 2y
TrishB Awww 🐶♥️ 2y
Jas16 So cute! 2y
rachelsbrittain What a sweet girl! 2y
Megabooks Congratulations!!! So cute!! 😍😍 2y
CoffeeAndABook @rachelsbrittain Thank you. She is! The sweetest 😍 2y
BookNAround She‘s gorgeous! Congratulations on your new reading friend. 😍 2y
BkClubCare A LOVE 💕 2y
Clwojick Yay for rescue pups! 🐶🐶🐶 2y
CoffeeAndABook @Clwojick Totally 💯🙌🏼 fyi, she was our foster dog for two weeks before we officially adopted her 😉 that being said, it had always been the plan to adopt her if the chemistry was right ~ and it sure was / is 💘 2y
53 likes16 comments
review
BookNerdMama
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
Pickpick

This started as a thesis or dissertation (can't remember), and it reads like one, which is fine with me. My heart breaks and breaks for Zelda - she's buried near where I live, and I plan on visiting her grave and studiously ignoring Scott's. Man, I'd like to punch that guy right in the babymaker. What a perfect arsehole. This is a great book, but if you are a feminist, it will make you feel all the feelings.

blurb
bookseller_cate
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

“Read me a story, mommy? I can‘t sleep.”

Not to be dramatic, but I would die for my Zelda.

#catsoflitsy

Molly_the_mezzo So. Precious. 3y
29 likes1 comment
review
Rachbb3
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image
Pickpick

Happy birthday Zelda Fitzgerald. I timed it just right for finishing. What makes this a genre busting book? I have no idea 😂 but it's listed online as a genre busting book about writers. I never tire of reading about her. I'm also going to reread Z for #LitsyAtoZ this year.

#Booked2019 (Genre Busting)
@4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen

Cinfhen Well done‼️🙌🏻 5y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Well, if it‘s online, it must be true! Great job! 5y
Crazeedi I didn't know it was her birthday! I just finished Z today too!! I'm putting this on my tbr 5y
71 likes3 comments
review
ValerieAndBooks
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image
Pickpick

It took me such a long time to read this — could only take a little at a time. So depressing and tragic. Milford doesn‘t wring hands in her well-researched bio of Zelda Fitzgerald. But it is so clear that Zelda‘s relationship with Scott was a toxic one and excaberated by her mental illness. Left me feeling so many “what if” 😢

Leftcoastzen Great review .I wish things had been different for them , love that vintage set , is it Chase? 5y
ValerieAndBooks @Leftcoastzen I‘ve had this set for years— a gift from my SIL — and looked at the bottom to see. It isn‘t; but the patent number was at the bottom and I googled it. Patented in 1935! Thanks so much for asking 💖! Because who knew a cocktail shaker could have a patent?! Love it! https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/f9/7f/ce/014b1ab24763d1/USD97979.pdf 5y
ValerieAndBooks @Leftcoastzen and yes wish it had been different for them too 😢. If they had been born later, there would have been good meds for her and for his heart condition and maybe.... 5y
Leftcoastzen It‘s a beautiful set ! Thought it was 1930s. 5y
77 likes1 stack add4 comments
blurb
ValerieAndBooks
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

Just started this. Think I‘ll like it, but the font is tiny. I think I need to up my glasses prescription anyway 🤓

rwmg I'm wondering the same about two of the books I'm reading 5y
Louise I use a magnifying ruler for books with small print and often order library books in the large print edition. It makes such a difference! It‘s like a spa day for the eyes! 🤓 5y
79 likes1 stack add2 comments
blurb
Leftcoastzen
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

#dancingqueen #abbainaugust Couldn‘t help but think of Zelda ,who studied ballet seriously but at the late age of 25, her teacher felt she could never become a first class ballerina.She wanted something of her own and one could speculate endlessly if her dedication to the rigors of dance helped her or pushed her to madness.

batsy Clever pick 👏🏽 The way Kate Zambreno wrote about her in Heroines, I was so intrigued. 6y
Leftcoastzen @batsy I need to read that! 6y
Cinfhen This pick has “Dargusch” written all over it❣️❣️❣️❣️ great choice 6y
See All 8 Comments
emilyhaldi Yes! @Cinfhen I was thinking of Zelda too ❤️❤️❤️ love her 6y
Mdargusch Great choice! I had forgotten about her dancing obsession. 6y
Reviewsbylola I‘ve been wanting to read this for years! 6y
Leftcoastzen @Reviewsbylola You should,it‘s good 6y
Leftcoastzen @Cinfhen @emilyhaldi @Mdargusch Much Zelda love!Thanks all...Zelda was amazing! 6y
54 likes1 stack add8 comments
blurb
Leftcoastzen
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

The unboxing continues, oh , I missed these so much.
❤️😀

Rachbb3 ❤❤❤ 6y
34 likes1 comment
blurb
catebutler
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

#24in48 #readathon

Recently hit the 18 hour mark! I feel like I‘ve really hit my stride today! Six hours left to read, but I do have a few fun scheduled breaks. The BF and I will be working on a subscription box called, Hunt A Killer, where you try to catch a killer by solving clues, and then a disgusting game called, Jelly Belly Bean Boozled. I hope I don‘t get a rotten egg or dirty sock, yuck! 🤢

24 likes1 stack add
blurb
catebutler
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

#24in48 #readathon

The sixteenth hour of reading has commenced for me! I ended my reading time last night at 14 hours, so I slept in a bit this morning and just started back a couple of hours ago. For the last few mornings, I‘ve been whipping together a yogurt parfait, with raspberries, pomegranate seeds, bananas and granola, I think I‘m a bit addicted to this morning respite!

Up next, Zelda by Nancy Milford. @24in48

blurb
TheAnitaAlvarez
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

Right now, I‘m rather pissed with F. Scott Fitzgerald (dude, get over your talented self). Oh, and I found out that Edmund Wilson, legendary critic and editor, was nicknamed “Bunny”, which is adorable and oddly out of character from how I imagine him.

bookloo I‘ve always wanted to know more about Zelda Fitzgerald. ♥️ 6y
TheAnitaAlvarez This biography is pretty good. Milford also wrote one on Edna St. Vincent Millay that is absolutely brilliant and fascinating 6y
Mammacita This book has been on my wish list for years! ❤️ 6y
See All 12 Comments
Velvetfur Oohh I love Zelda 😀 6y
TheAnitaAlvarez @Mammacita it‘s great! 6y
TheAnitaAlvarez @Velvetfur she was fascinating, I‘m almost done with it because I can‘t stop reading 6y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Bunny? 🐰 😂😮 6y
TheAnitaAlvarez @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled both Zelda and Scott refer to him as “Bunny Wilson” in their letters. And considering Milford wrote a biography of Edna St. Vincent Millay, who was quite close to Wilson, she probably would know about this 6y
lalatiburona The Edna St. Vincent Millay biography is the bomb 6y
TheAnitaAlvarez @lalatiburona agree a 100% with you 6y
lynneamch If you have access to Amazon original series, Z is really good. The book is good, too! 6y
TheAnitaAlvarez @lynneamch I‘ve already watched it and loved it! The book is in my TBR 6y
123 likes6 stack adds12 comments
quote
ChrisBohjalian
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

It was on this date that #ZeldaFitzgerald was born in 1900. This was my mother's $1.50 copy of Nancy Milford's 1970 biography. Still have it. #amreading #biography "Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold." -- Zelda Fitzgerald

Rachbb3 I have this book but my cover is different. I love this cover! ❤ 7y
erzascarletbookgasm Love the vintage edition! 7y
53 likes1 stack add2 comments
blurb
bitterbear
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

#booksaboutmentalhealth #readingwomenmonth #day21 Since I've read this I've been obsessed with Zelda. #zelda

blurb
bitterbear
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

#MOREORLESS @Liberty Always Zelda....

emilyhaldi ❤ Zelda 7y
bitterbear @emilyhaldi I don't know why but I feel very connected to her... 7y
17 likes1 stack add2 comments
blurb
Christine
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

@Bitterbear - ❤❤❤!!!! Thank you so, so much for the amazing #CupidGoesPostal gifts!! I am truly thrilled and love everything to pieces! You so nailed the Valentine‘s theme visually and topically, and I am so excited about the three books, none of which I have read. I adore the tote bag from your local bookstore (and red is my favorite color ❤), and the chocolate, pin, bookmarks, and card are all so perfect. (continued in comment...⬇️)

Christine I was JUST going to try the new Amazon Zelda TV series last night and for some reason thought “No, not tonight…” which was clearly bc I should read the book you sent first. ;) And the anatomical heart patch is so gorgeous and particularly special to me bc I have a soft spot for anything with anatomical hearts on it bc one of my kids has a highly unusual heart anatomy…so yay, you really nailed it. Thanks for your generosity and thoughtfulness! ❤ 7y
bitterbear ☺☺☺☺☺☺😊😊😊😊😊😊 I'm so happy!!!! 7y
Christine @bitterbear Well you should be, you are a brilliant Cupid!! (Sorry it took so long for me to post this - stupid West Coast time lag of course, and then I had to run errands after I took my kids to school. I sprinted to the package when I got home, though! 😝) 7y
See All 6 Comments
Reviewsbylola Great books! I want to read Zelda. 7y
erzascarletbookgasm Love your books! 7y
Christine @Reviewsbylola @erzascarletbookgasm Thanks!! Can't wait to dive into these 7y
85 likes6 comments
quote
CKtheLibrarian
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

This book is so good but it's also tormenting me. I love Fitzgerald but he wasn't that great of a guy to Zelda. And Zelda had a ton of issues as well. I find myself making excuses for Fitz because he's a struggling creative genius. It's so hard for me to separate the amazing author and the not-so-great person. I'm having a few old fashioned drinks for the Fitzgeralds tonight.

blurb
CKtheLibrarian
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

Love the Lost Generation...just saw Z on Amazon last weekend. Now reading Milford's biography about Zelda with my boxer babies.

RadicalReader @CKtheLibrarian absolutely astounded when I saw the peacock feather on the cover absolutely gorgeous 7y
CKtheLibrarian @RadicalReader me too!! This is a fascinating read. :) 7y
5 likes2 comments
review
ladyclassics
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image
Pickpick

It's been one month since I've been obsessing over Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald. This might be the only 450 page biography that kept me eagerly turning each page! I feel like I understand the Fitzgeralds on such a new, intimate level. What a tragic, flawed, dazzling life they led with passion. My heart wrenched as I learned about Zelda's descent into insanity, but she was such a captivating woman and her story is one that begs and deserves to be told.

Dolly Do you think this can be read on its own without going back and first refreshing myself on some of F. Scott's books? 7y
ladyclassics Yes I definitely think so! It's been a couple of years since I've read one of Scott's novels, and this was a nice refresher of his work and gives you a profound idea of Zelda's influence and how much he pulled from their lives at different points to create each of his novels. Also shows you why there were the large gaps between his writing. It taught me almost as much about him as it did about her! You'll never see them the same way. ;) 7y
Donna_sBookMinute I had the same thought about the Hemingways when I happened upon "The Paris Wife" yesterday at the library sale. I ended up not getting it. But it's one I see all the time. 7y
See All 7 Comments
ladyclassics "The Paris Wife" was a great book, although a fictional representation of Hadley just as "Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald" was of Zelda--it definitely has a different appeal, and I think reading a biography after or before compliments it really well! @Donna_sBookMinute 7y
ladyclassics @Dolly my response is up above! Sorry I forgot to tag you! 7y
Dolly @Donna_sBookMinute I think The Paris Wife stands on its own and I loved it. You can always peek back here and there to Papa's books if you need to. If you are a speed reader this may be a problem but if you savor books as I do it's fine. 7y
Donna_sBookMinute I'll probably read The Paris Wife before revisiting Hemingway. And just like you said, @Dolly, I can always peek back while reading. Ditto for the Zelda Books, @ladyclassics. I would read them first then go back if need be. Thanks. 7y
18 likes2 stack adds7 comments
blurb
ladyclassics
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

"She was the American girl living the American dream, and she became mad within it."

Oh Switzerland, you've been just as sweet and magical as this biography is captivating. It's time for my book and I to head up to Germany for more literary adventures!
#booksaroundtheworld

LiteraryinLawrence Amazing! 7y
28 likes1 comment
blurb
ladyclassics
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

Antique bookshop in Zurich, Switzerland ♡
#booksaroundtheworld

readinginthedark 😍😍😍 7y
saresmoore Be still my heart. Switzerland AND books?! How many languages are represented on the shelves? 7y
ladyclassics @saresmoore There were so many!! Switzerland has four official languages, but the bookshelves had books from all around the world, as they were old and collectors items :) it was wonderful! 7y
saresmoore @ladyclassics Oh, that is so cool! Now I would like to own a book in Romansh...or maybe just move to Switzerland. 7y
ladyclassics @saresmoore Wouldn't that be cool?! We were listening for Romansh and may have heard it once--would love to see it in literary form! It is so important to preserve minority national languages :) 7y
28 likes5 comments
blurb
ladyclassics
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

Passport: check. Travel journal: check. Travel-inspired bookmark: check. Good book: check.
This transitional semester is the first time in my life that I have no school and no set plan! So I'm taking off to Europe (my second home) to make the world my playground for a few months. Not without a solid collection of books in my backpack, of course! My favorite "books around the world" photos are coming soon! :)

ephemeralwaltz 😍😍 enjoy the experience! I hope you make the most of it! 7y
ReadingEnvy What fun! I hope you will also indulge us with bookstores and libraries around the world too! 7y
NatalieR Such a wonderful opportunity! Enjoy!! 🌎 7y
See All 6 Comments
DebinHawaii Enjoy! 👍😀 7y
Lynnsoprano Looking forward to the pictures. 7y
ladyclassics Thank you everyone!! Sorry this is so late, its been a crazy week since I arrived! I will be posting as much as possible throughout my travels :) @ephemeralwaltz @ReadingEnvy @NatalieR @DebinHawaii @Lynnsoprano 7y
27 likes6 comments
blurb
Loreen
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

Because I am the preeminent Zelda Fitzgerald scholar in my house. #seasonsreadings2016 #XYZ #titlesStartingWithXYZ

ValerieAndBooks How very cool! 7y
RealLifeReading Great collection! 7y
Zelma Very nice! I really liked the Mitford biography. I want to read Z but was worried it might feel too redundant. I did read the bio about 10 years ago, I think. (edited) 7y
See All 6 Comments
Loreen @Zelma that biography is so good that the fictional versions of Zelda's life can't live up to the reality. But that said it's a pretty good book. 7y
bitterbear I adore this... 7y
bitterbear You should try to find the book on her art.. very beautiful. 7y
46 likes1 stack add6 comments
blurb
cathysaid
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

For anyone struggling with "Z" in the #LitsyAtoZ challenge, here are a couple of ideas. Zelda is a biography I read many years ago and still holds as one of the best biographies I've read (IMHO). Last Train to Paris tells the story of Rose, a journalist working in New York, Paris and Berlin in the 1930's, describing events and circumstances that shape Rose's life. Hope this helps someone complete his or her list! #abecedarianTBR

BookishMarginalia Thanks for the recs! Will check both out 👍🏼 7y
28 likes2 stack adds1 comment
review
bitterbear
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
Pickpick

I love this book so much... one of the best biographies I've ever read.

Dragon Now I'm intrigued and very interested in this book, thanks 🐉 7y
bitterbear I was a little bit obsessed with her for a while. 7y
2 likes1 stack add2 comments
blurb
Dragon
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

#photoadaynov16 #readingcompanion the organizers at the library booksale had chairs around the room so we could sit and read a bit of our books before buying. So today my companions were fellow book lovers. I had to "throw back" the books on the chair. ?only so much room.

LeahBergen ❤️❤️ 7y
Dragon Thanks @LeahBergen booksales are awesome 😀 7y
50 likes1 stack add2 comments
quote
Avalllon
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image

Goofy, my darling, hasn‘t it been a lovely day? I woke up this morning and the sun was lying there like a birth-day parcel on my table so I opened it up and so many happy things went fluttering into the air.

review
Chrisalynn
Zelda: A Biography | Nancy Milford
post image
Pickpick

I love Scott Fitzgerald so I read about her. She was such a tragic character. Their rise and happiness was so short lived. She was not mature enough or ready to begin her life with him when she did.

25 likes3 stack adds1 comment