Save Me the Waltz is Zelda Fitzgerald's only novel, published in 1932. Often considered a semi-autobiographical counter-narrative to her husband F. Scott Fitzgerald's works, it chronicles the turbulent life of a Southern belle, Alabama Beggs, and her artist husband. The novel explores themes of ambition, artistry, mental health challenges, and the glittering yet ultimately destructive world of the 1920s elite. It provides a unique and poignant insight into a talented woman's struggle for identity and purpose within a complex marriage and a rapidly changing society.