TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fowler,Therese
TI  - A well-behaved woman: a novel of the Vanderbilts
SN  - 9781473632516 (pbk)
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Two Roads
KW  - Socialites
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Large type books
KW  - United States
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 1865-1918
N1  - 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. However, Ava will learn that a life of wealth, status, good behaviour and privilege is not a recipe for happiness. Facing an unimaginable betrayal, Ava puts her future at risk with a scandalous strategy that changes her life
N2  - 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. However, Ava will learn that a life of wealth, status, good behaviour and privilege is not a recipe for happiness. Facing an unimaginable betrayal, Ava puts her future at risk with a scandalous strategy that changes her life
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