There's almost nothing in the book about her life before she met Scott, and only a brief Afterword covering the years from when Scott died in 1940 until her death in 1948. I think this novel will be absolute perfection for readers who just want a quick romp through the years of Zelda's life that are most relevant to her role as the wife of a famous and very troubled writer. She was exceptional in so many ways, but she was also human. Z is the story of a complex and fascinating woman who was so much more than I knew when I began researching her life.
But in the same way that none of us can be or should be defined by one aspect of our lives, Zelda cannot be defined so simply either. Popular culture (Midnight in Paris, for one example) has made Zelda into a caricature, reduced her to being only an edgy flapper, or only an unstable, jealous spouse, or only a pathetic, "insane" drain of her husband's creativity and life. My mission was to set the record straight. Much of what we think we know about the Fitzgeralds comes from unreliable sources or has been spun into half-true myth. My personal approach to biographical fiction is to unearth and then represent the truth, even when it contradicts what people think they know about the characters involved. Z is fiction, but my research was extensive and thorough, and in telling the story I've stayed very close to the established facts. You might appreciate knowing a little bit more about what went into the creation of the novel, and why I chose to write fiction about people whose lives are so thoroughly documented in biographies. We're "crazy," after all.Many thanks for your interest in Z. Whether in the 1920s or in 2013, flagrantly repudiating responsibility is made possible by the smug knowledge that women are, generally speaking, less likely to be able to successfully make the case for liability - due to economic inequality and durable cultural tropes.
In relation to Occidental College's administrative approach, civil rights attorney Gloria Allred has suggested that the pattern of inaction and deferral of responsibility are emblematic of " deliberate indifference." The costs to women who traverse these hostile climates are real, and yet, both universities and the military continue to display rampant institutional indifference. Women are, of course, leading these efforts. military are finally being held accountable for paltry enforcement of sexual violence policy. For example, universities across the country and the U.S. Zelda and Scott's story speaks not only to interpersonal dynamics, but also to systematic patterns that continue to undermine contemporary women's lives.
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