Therese Fowler Quotes


... while I bathed, while I tried but failed to sleep, I considered how I might become more like the women I respected and admired. Surrounded as I was by ambitious, accomplished women, I couldn't ignore the little voice in my head that said maybe I was supposed to shed halfway, and do something significant. Contribute something. Accomplish something. Choose. Be.


Citations

Fowler, Therese Anne. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald. St. Martin's Press, 2013.

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Therese Fowler
Therese Fowler
  • Born: April 22, 1967
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Novelist

Therese Anne Fowler is a contemporary American author. She is best known for Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, published in 2013. The work has been adapted for television by Killer Films and Amazon Studios, with Christina Ricci and David Hoflin in the roles of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald. The series, titled Z: The Beginning of Everything, was released on January 27, 2017.