Nancy Milford
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"Profound, overwhelmingly moving . . . a richly complex love story." - New York Times
Acclaimed biographer Nancy Milford brings to life the tormented, elusive personality of Zelda Sayre and clarifies as never before Zelda's relationship with her husband F. Scott Fitzgerald-tracing the inner disintegration of a gifted, despairing woman, torn by the clash between her husband's career and her own talent.
Zelda Sayre's stormy life spanned from notoriety...
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Savage Beauty is the portrait of a passionate, fearless woman who obsessed America even as she tormented herself.
If F. Scott Fitzgerald was the hero of the Jazz Age, Edna St. Vincent Millay, as flamboyant in her love affairs as she was in her art, was its heroine. A winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Millay was dazzling in the performance of herself. Her voice was likened to an instrument of seduction, and her impact on crowds and on men was legendary....
