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A well-behaved woman : a novel of the Vanderbilts Therese Anne Fowler

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London Two Roads 2018Description: 392 pages 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781473632516 (pbk)
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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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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