Call Me Zelda, Erika Robuck
Call Me Zelda, Erika Robuck
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Call Me Zelda
A Novel

Author: Erika Robuck

Narrator: Amy Landon

Unabridged: 10 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/07/2013


Synopsis

From New York to Paris, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald reigned as king and queen of the Jazz Age, seeming to float on champagne bubbles above the mundane cares of the world. But to those who truly knew them, the endless parties were only a distraction from their inner turmoil and from a love that united them with a scorching intensity.

When Zelda is committed to a Baltimore psychiatric clinic in 1932, vacillating between lucidity and madness in her struggle to forge an identity separate from her husband, the famous writer, she finds a sympathetic friend in her nurse, Anna Howard. Held captive by her own tragic past, Anna is increasingly drawn into the Fitzgeralds' tumultuous relationship. As she becomes privy to Zelda's most intimate confessions, written in a secret memoir meant only for her, Anna begins to wonder which Fitzgerald is the true genius. But in taking ever greater emotional risks to save Zelda, Anna may end up paying a far higher price than she intended.

About Erika Robuck

Erika Robuck is the national bestselling author of historical fiction, including Sisters of Night and Fog, The Invisible Woman, and Hemingway's Girl. Her articles have appeared in Writer Unboxed, Crime Reads, and Writer's Digest, and she has been named a Maryland Writer's Association Notable Writer of 2024.

A boating enthusiast, amateur historian, and teacher, she resides in Annapolis with her husband and three sons.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Shannon on June 17, 2013

I'm only 1/2 way through this book and I'm torn: I want to finish it tonight, but I also want to savor every scene, every sentence. From page one, I was hooked by the broken yet incredibly strong narrator/heroine, Annie. Also, who doesn't want a look (even if it is fictional) into the Fitzgeralds' t......more

Goodreads review by Brendan on April 06, 2013

[I received an ARC of this book through the Amazon Vine program. There are mild spoilers in the second-to-last paragraph of the review.] The planned release in May 2013 of Baz Luhrmann's high-profile film version of THE GREAT GATSBY has led to a spate of books about the lives of Zelda and Scott Fitzg......more

Goodreads review by Paul on May 04, 2013

It was for me a mistake to read Erika Robuck's CALL ME ZELDA (New York: New American Library, 2013) after having read Therese Flower's Z: A NOVEL OF ZELDA FITZGERALD (2013). Whereas Z kept me turning the pages, CALL ME ZELDA kept me wondering if I should continue reading. A hundred pages into the no......more

Goodreads review by Pat on June 04, 2024

Call Me Zelda is a captivating look at the ever-fascinating Fitzgeralds in the signature style of Erika Robuck. The focus on Zelda's descent into mental illness as recounted by a fictional psychiatric nurse with her own complex history blends fact and fiction. Scott's well-documented struggles with......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on December 31, 2018

This was a very good book about Zelda Fitzgerald. I've read quite a few books about her, seen movies and read much about Scott and seen more movies. I have always been intrigued by these people and will continue to read their stories. I enjoyed Erika Robuck's writing and I have read her other books......more