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'A glittering depiction of a woman ahead of her time who absolutely refused to be second best' Red
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OUTSPOKEN. BRAVE. BRILLIANT. FIERCE.
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, Therese Anne Fowler paints a glittering world of enormous wealth contrasted with desperate poverty, of social ambition and social scorn, of friendship and betrayal, and an unforgettable story of a remarkable woman.
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Fascinating . . . a glittering depiction of a woman ahead of her time who absolutely refused to be second best (Red)
A fascinating tale of liberation and self-sufficiency that conjures up the work of Edith Wharton . . . a wholly absorbing tale that transports the reader to the Gilded Age of the 1800s. It's the perfect Sunday afternoon-in-bed read. (Stylist)
Therese Anne Fowler's portrait of this feisty, forward-thinking woman is enthralling (Good Housekeeping)
Fowler's Alva is tough, cagey and unwilling to settle for the role of high-society ornament - what's not to like? (The Washington Post)
A tale well-researched and honest, it returns to Alva Smith Vanderbilt that which many historians have taken away: her voice (New York Journal of Books)
Sure to enthral (Harper's Bazaar)
Like its subject, 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)
Now's a good time to start adding to your collection of historical heroines. Alva Vanderbilt should be right up there. With A Well-Behaved Woman, Therese Anne Fowler repeats the same magic she did in her 2013 novel Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald: she fictionalises the story of one of American history's most fascinating women (Refinery29)
In this enticing novel, Therese Anne Fowler introduces us to Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont, a remarkable woman who was the epitome of the expression "well-behaved women seldom make history' (Good Housekeeping US)
In the vein of Fowler's Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, A Well-Behaved Woman follows the rise of another unsuspecting heroine of American history: Alva Vanderbilt (InStyle)
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A fascinating tale of liberation and self-sufficiency that conjures up the work of Edith Wharton . . . a wholly absorbing tale that transports the reader to the Gilded Age of the 1800s. It's the perfect Sunday afternoon-in-bed read. (Stylist)
Therese Anne Fowler's portrait of this feisty, forward-thinking woman is enthralling (Good Housekeeping)
Fowler's Alva is tough, cagey and unwilling to settle for the role of high-society ornament - what's not to like? (The Washington Post)
A tale well-researched and honest, it returns to Alva Smith Vanderbilt that which many historians have taken away: her voice (New York Journal of Books)
Sure to enthral (Harper's Bazaar)
Like its subject, 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)
Now's a good time to start adding to your collection of historical heroines. Alva Vanderbilt should be right up there. With A Well-Behaved Woman, Therese Anne Fowler repeats the same magic she did in her 2013 novel Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald: she fictionalises the story of one of American history's most fascinating women (Refinery29)
In this enticing novel, Therese Anne Fowler introduces us to Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont, a remarkable woman who was the epitome of the expression "well-behaved women seldom make history' (Good Housekeeping US)
In the vein of Fowler's Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, A Well-Behaved Woman follows the rise of another unsuspecting heroine of American history: Alva Vanderbilt (InStyle)
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
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- PublisherTwo Roads
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 147363251X
- ISBN 13 9781473632516
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages400
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