WELL-BEHAVED WOMAN

The riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, written by Therese Anne Fowler, 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 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.

Romanul captivant al Alvei Vanderbilt si a ilustrei sale familii in timp ce guverneaza New York-Age, scris de Therese Anne Fowler, autorul bestsellerului New York Times al Z: Un roman al Zeldei Fitzgerald. Alva Smith, familia ei din sud dupa Razboiul Civil, s-a casatorit intr-una dintre marile dinastii ale varstei aurite din America: proaspat instariti, dar evitati social Vanderbilts.