A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts, Hardcover

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Contributor(s):Author: Therese Anne Fowler 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.  Review citations Library Journal Prepub Alert - pg. 46 - 05/01/2018Library Journal - pg. 79 - 06/01/2018Publishers Weekly / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - 08/06/2018Publishers Weekly / Exceptional Presentation - 08/06/2018Publishers Weekly / Book Of Special Distinction - 08/06/2018Publishers Weekly / Top 15 Book Of The Year - 08/06/2018Publishers Weekly / Highly Recommended - 08/06/2018Kirkus Reviews / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg. 89 - 08/15/2018Kirkus Reviews / Exceptional Presentation - pg. 89 - 08/15/2018Kirkus Reviews / Book Of Special Distinction - pg. 89 - 08/15/2018Kirkus Reviews / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg. 89 - 08/15/2018Kirkus Reviews / Highly Recommended - pg. 89 - 08/15/2018Booklist - pg. 34 - 09/15/2018