The Friends of The Ferguson Library Host Therese Anne Fowler

Bring your friends for a night out with food, wine and conversation when the Friends of The Ferguson Library host Therese Anne Fowler, author of A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts, on Monday, October 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the Ernest A. DiMattia, Jr. Building of The Ferguson Library. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a wine and appetizer reception with appetizers generously donated by Bar Rosso. Program is at 7 p.m. Book sale and signing to follow. Register online at fergusonlibrary.org.

Best known for The New York Times bestselling novel, Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, the author’s new book, A Well-Behaved Woman, is the dramatic and compelling Gilded Age tale of Alva Smith, the young woman who married William K. Vanderbilt and launched the Vanderbilt dynasty as we know it today.

With the spectacular success of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, Therese Anne Fowler has proven herself expert at plunging us into the fascinating lives of women who defied convention and remade the world around them. Now, building on a growing fascination with the decadence of the Vanderbilt dynasty and an increasing hunger for the stories of vital women who have been left out of history, she gives us the bold, brash story of Alva Vanderbilt—outsider, socialite, matriarch, and pioneering suffragette.

Praise for A Well-Behaved Woman:

"Delicious." People (Best Books of Fall 2018)

"Nothing short of mesmerizing." Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"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." Publishers Weekly (starred review)

For more information, call 203 351-8275. The Ernest A. DiMattia, Jr. Building of The Ferguson Library is located at the corner of Bedford and Broad Streets, Stamford.

(Author photo credit: Tom Clark)