In a starred review, Publishers Weekly says, “Genius….Though the novel’s lavish sweep and gorgeous details evoke a vanished world, Fowler’s exploration of the way powerful women are simultaneously devalued and rewarded resonates powerfully.”.

Booklist weighs in: “With you-are-there immediacy fueled by assured attention to biographical detail and deft weaving of labyrinthine intrigue, Fowler creates a thoroughly credible imagining of the challenges and emotional turmoil facing this fiercely independent woman.”.

Kirkus, in a starred review, calls A Well-Behaved Woman “nothing short of mesmerizing.”.In development for TV by Sony Pictures Television.“Best of” accolades from Refinery29, Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, Good Housekeeping, Garden & Gun, and more.Named by Publishers Weekly as one the Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2018.Shortlisted for the American Library Association Reading List Award.

Finalist for the Southern Book Prize for Fiction.One of People Magazine’s Best Books of Fall.'Brilliant.The New York Times and USA Today bestseller, on sale now in trade paperback.īooks-A-Million selects A Well-Behaved Woman as their December Literary Book Club selection! **PRAISE FOR Z: A NOVEL OF ZELDA FITZGERALD, A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** GOOD BEHAVIOUR WILL ONLY GET A WOMAN SO FAR. 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. 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. 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.

'Therese Anne Fowler's portrait of this feisty, forward-thinking woman is enthralling' Good HousekeepingĪlva 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. 'A glittering depiction of a woman ahead of her time who absolutely refused to be second best' Red

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