A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts Contributor(s): Fowler, Therese Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250095484 ISBN-13: 9781250095480 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Family Life - Marriage & Divorce - Fiction | Biographical - Fiction | Historical - General |
Dewey: 813.6 |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.3" W x 8.2" (1.01 lbs) 560 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Family |
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Publisher Description: The riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, written by Therese Anne Fowler, the New York Times bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald. Alva Smith, her southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of America's great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York's old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designed and built nine mansions, hosted grand balls, and arranged for her daughter to marry a duke. But Alva also defied convention for women of her time, asserting power within her marriage and becoming a leader in the women's suffrage movement. With a nod to Jane Austen and Edith Wharton, in A Well-Behaved Woman Therese Anne Fowler paints a glittering world of enormous wealth contrasted against desperate poverty, of social ambition and social scorn, of friendship and betrayal, and an unforgettable story of a remarkable woman. Meet Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont, living proof that history is made by those who know the rules--and how to break them. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fowler, Therese Anne: - THERESE ANNE FOWLER is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald. Raised in the Midwest, she migrated to North Carolina in 1995. She holds a B.A. in sociology/cultural anthropology and an MFA in creative writing from North Carolina State University. |