| A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts Contributor(s): Fowler, Therese Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1432857126 ISBN-13: 9781432857127 Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print OUR PRICE: $35.14 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: 813.6 |
| LCCN: 2018043042 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (1.75 lbs) 646 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, from 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 9 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. |