A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler

Meet Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont, living proof that history is made by those who know the rules-and how to break them. Not to worry: Therese Anne Fowler’s A Well-Behaved Woman eschews the Dynasty approach in favor of a gimlet-eyed look at the vacuity and hypocrisy of life among the 400. 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. The New York Times and USA Today bestseller The 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. 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. A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of New York's Gilded Age and a Vanderbilt Who Dared to Break Society's Rules Therese Anne Fowler Hodder & Stoughton, 400 pages 0 Reviews. 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.

The 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.Īlva 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. Therese Anne Fowler is the NYT and USA Today bestselling author of It All Comes Down to this, as well as Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald (adapted for television as Z: The Beginning of Everything starring Christina Ricci), A Well-Behaved Woman, and A Good Neighborhood.

Alvas gumption and glamour will resonate with. The New York Times and USA Today bestseller In A Well-Behaved Woman, Therese Anne Fowler illuminates the leading legacy of American heiress Alva Vanderbilt.

A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler