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From the New York Times bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald comes an epic and unforgettable novel about a Southern belle named Alva who married William K. Vanderbilt_and became the force behind one of the most influential dynasties of New York's Gilded Age.After the Civil War, young Alva Smith and her sisters are left with nothing but their good name. Then she is introduced to William Vanderbilt, whose nouveau riche family is upending established New York society. They marry, but find themselves excluded by the old-money doyennes who control access to the city's social and political scene. Refused entry, Alva designs and builds mansions and hosts her own grand balls. Denied a box seat at the Academy of Music, she helps found the Metropolitan Opera House. Outspoken, brave, and fiercely independent, Alva defies convention by championing suffrage for women, African-Americans and immigrants, and supporting labor union strikes. And, when William's attentions wander, Alva puts her future at risk_with a scandalous strategy that changes her life. Set in Manhattan, Newport, and Paris, filled with glittering period detail and a cast of characters that includes the Astors, the Rothschilds, the Whitneys, the Belmonts, and other notable names from the era, A Well Behaved Woman tells the remarkable story of a woman who would not be denied.
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. About the AuthorTHERESE ANNE FOWLER is the New York Times bestselling author of A Good Neighborhood, A Well-Behaved Woman, and 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.Product DescriptionThe New York Times and USA Today bestsellerThe riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, written by Therese Anne Fowler, a 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 Americas great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New Yorks 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.Review"Delicious." -People (Best Books of Fall 2018)"Fowlers Alva is tough, cagey and unwilling to settle for the role of high-society ornament - whats not to like?" -The Washington Post"A Well-Behaved Woman draws beauty from paradox: it is both detailed and fast-paced, loving and critical, heart-breaking and hopeful." -Chicago Review of Books"A tale well-researched and honest, it returns to Alva Vanderbilt that which many historians have taken away: her voice." -New York Journal of Books"Fascinating.This novel looks below the surface of the Vanderbilt family during the Gilded Age from the little-known perspective of this fiery heroine." -Real Simple (Best Books of 2018)"Nothing short of mesmerizing." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Genius.Though the novel's lavish sweep and gorgeous details evoke a vanished world, Fowler's exploration of the way powerful women are simultaneously devalued and rewarded resonates powerfully." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)"With you-are-there immediacy fueled by assured attention to biographical detail and deft weaving of labyrinthine intrigue, Fowler (Z, 2013) creates a thoroughly credible imagining of the challenges and emotional turmoil facing this fiercely independent woman." -Booklist"A striking portrait of a woman ahead of her time and a true feminist icon." -Popsugar ("The 28 Best New Books to Curl Up With This Fall")"Like Gossip Girl minus more than a century." -The Skimm"In this captivating novel about the indomitable Alva Vanderbilt, Therese Fowler plunges us with wonderful energy into New Yorks Gilded Age. Alva provides a fascinating prism for the challenges and pleasures of era, and is endlessly engrossing as a character, full of action and vision and will-just the sort of woman I love knowing more about. I dare you not to dive right in."-Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife and Love and RuinOh how I loved every instant I spent in the world Fowler has recreated here. The story of Alva Vanderbilt is elegantly and empathetically told. Prepare to be enthralled! -Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect CoupleA Well-Behaved Woman is a gem: a fascinating tale of Gilded Age manners and mores, and one remarkable womans attempts to transcend them. Therese Anne Fowler, the immensely gifted writer who gave us all new insights into Zelda Fitzgerald in her novel, Z, has done it again for Alva Vanderbilt Belmont. -Chris B. Seller Inventory # DADAX1250095484
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