{"product_id":"9781250095480","title":"A Well-Behaved Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, written by Therese Anne Fowler\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003eZ: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlva 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a nod to Jane Austen and Edith Wharton, in\u003ci\u003eA Well-Behaved Woman\u003c\/i\u003eTherese 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Therese Anne Fowler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":30461763190848,"sku":"9781250095480","price":22.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0112\/1065\/3760\/products\/BNCImageAPI_3dd1df48-ba69-4651-9963-6c26926bc263.jpg?v=1588637087","url":"https:\/\/onceuponabookstore.ca\/products\/9781250095480","provider":"Once Upon a Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}