Save Me the Waltz

When aspiring ballerina Alabama Beggs meets army officer and artist, David Knight, the two marry and set off in pursuit of greatness. However, conflicts soon arise as they travel from the Deep South to New York, Paris, and beyond, and Alabama struggles to reconcile her own ambitions and identity with the responsibilities of marriage and motherhood.

Completely captivating and infused with the energy of the Roaring Twenties, this is a fascinating novel that offers vivid insights into life during the Jazz Age as well as the tumultuous marriage of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the author, Zelda.

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Zelda Fitzgerald (née Zelda Sayre) was born in Montgomery, Alabama in 1900. Following her high school graduation in 1918, she met F Scott Fitzgerald at a local dance and agreed to marry him some years later. She often searched for a creative outlet during their tense and tumultuous marriage, and also struggled with her mental health. During her short life, she penned her first and only novel, Save Me the Waltz and a play called Scandalabra, which received much recognition after her death. She began a second novel Caesar's Things but it was never finished. In 1948, Zelda had been admitted to a hospital for her mental health when a fire broke out, killing her and eight other women. She was 47 years old.

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