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The Social Graces

By: Renée Rosen
Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Saskia Maarleveld
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 The USA Today Bestseller!

Named one of 2021’s Most Anticipated Historical Novels by Oprah Daily ∙ SheReads ∙ Frolic ∙ BookReporter ∙ and more...

The author of Park Avenue Summer throws back the curtain on one of the most remarkable feuds in history: Alva Vanderbilt and the Mrs. Astor's notorious battle for control of New York society during the Gilded Age.

1876. In the glittering world of Manhattan's upper crust, women are valued by their pedigree, dowry, and, most importantly, connections. They have few rights and even less independence—what they do have is society. The more celebrated the hostess, the more powerful the woman. And none is more powerful than Caroline Astor—the Mrs. Astor.

But times are changing.

Alva Vanderbilt has recently married into one of America's richest families. But what good is dizzying wealth when society refuses to acknowledge you? Alva, who knows what it is to have nothing, will do whatever it takes to have everything.

Sweeping three decades and based on true events, this is the mesmerizing story of two fascinating, complicated women going head to head, behaving badly, and discovering what’s truly at stake. Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction New York

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Anyone who has watched The Glided Age would love this…..pure drama but amazing to know it was real life too…so amazing you couldn’t make it up…the amazing story of the wealth ,the social climbing and ambitious women of that age..just breathtaking…and the wealth has gone.
Well read…I was sad when it ended..

Brilliant and well read

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loved the way you you flipped loyalty from alva to caroline...and bakck again .wasted lives with so much opportunity!

alva vanderbuilt

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Well written and narrated. Brought history alive beautifully.Would highly recommend as thoroughly enjoyed it. Alva was indeed a fascinating woman

Excellent book

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I enjoyed the book but this author has been very kind to both central characters. Especially Alva, who was a very strong woman yes but she was also incredibly hard edged. She intimidated and bullied her daughter into an unhappy marriage. The book desperately try’s to rehabilitate this callous act as having being suggested by others but the person who ultimately benefited from this match was the Duke and Alva. I am yet to find a description of Alva that shows a sympathetic side of Alva AND that rings as true/reliable.

Rose tinted view on two women

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