Used book – Alabama Song - Prix Goncourt 2007, Gilles Leroy

Alabama, 1918. When Zelda, the "Southern Belle," meets Lieutenant Scott Fitzgerald, her life takes a decisive turn. He has vowed to become a writer, and the resounding success of his first novel proves him right. The couple becomes the darlings of New York society. But Scott and Zelda are still just children: thrust into the fire of high society life, they soon burn their wings... Gilles Leroy has slipped into Zelda's skin, getting as close as possible to her joys and sorrows. To paint with rare sensitivity the destiny of a woman who, cannibalized by her writer husband, had to fight tooth and nail to exist... Blending biographical and imaginary elements, Gilles Leroy delivers his great "American novel" here.