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THE INSPIRATION FOR THE TELEVISION DRAMA Z: THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING With brilliant insight and imagination, Therese Anne Fowler's New York Times bestseller Z brings us Zelda's irresistible story as she herself might have told it. I wish I could tell everyone who thinks we're ruined, Look closer…and you'll see something extraordinary, mystifying, something real and true. We have never been what we seemed. When beautiful, reckless Southern belle Zelda Sayre meets F. Scott Fitzgerald at a country club dance in 1918, she is seventeen years old and he is a young army lieutenant stationed in Alabama. Before long, the "ungettable" Zelda has fallen for him despite his unsuitability: Scott isn't wealthy or prominent or even a Southerner, and keeps insisting, absurdly, that his writing will bring him both fortune and fame. Her father is deeply unimpressed. But after Scott sells his first novel, This Side of Paradise, to Scribner's, Zelda optimistically boards a train north, to marry him in the vestry of St. Patrick's Cathedral and take the rest as it comes. What comes, here at the dawn of the Jazz Age, is unimagined attention and success and celebrity that will make Scott and Zelda legends in their own time. Everyone wants to meet the dashing young author of the scandalous novel—and his witty, perhaps even more scandalous wife. Zelda bobs her hair, adopts daring new fashions, and revels in this wild new world. Each place they go becomes a playground: New York City, Long Island, Hollywood, Paris, and the French Riviera—where they join the endless party of the glamorous, sometimes doomed Lost Generation that includes Ernest Hemingway, Sara and Gerald Murphy, and Gertrude Stein. Everything seems new and possible. Troubles, at first, seem to fade like morning mist. But not even Jay Gatsby's parties go on forever. Who is Zelda, other than the wife of a famous—sometimes infamous—husband? How can she forge her own identity while fighting her demons and Scott's, too?

The New York Times and USA Today bestsellerThe riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, written by Therese Anne Fowler, a New York Times bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald.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. With a nod to Jane Austen and Edith Wharton, in A Well-Behaved Woman Therese 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.

“A feast of a read... I finished A Good Neighborhood in a single sitting. Yes, it’s that good.” —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and A Spark of LightIn Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son, Xavier, who’s headed to college in the fall. All is well until the Whitmans—an apparently traditional family with new money and a secretly troubled teenaged daughter—raze the house and trees next door to build themselves a showplace.With little in common except a property line, these two very different families quickly find themselves at odds: first, over an historic oak tree in Valerie''s yard, and soon after, the blossoming romance between their two teenagers.A Good Neighborhood asks big questions about life in America today—what does it mean to be a good neighbor? How do we live alongside each other when we don''t see eye to eye?—as it explores the effects of class, race, and heartrending love in a story that’s as provocative as it is powerful.A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin''s Press “While Faulkner’s story veers off into the traditional grotesquerie of Southern Gothic literature, Fowler’s culminates with injustices that are painfully easy to imagine because they continue to be a part of our contemporary lived experience.” — Washington Post “A timely story about what happens when we fail to consider how our actions affect others and the tragedy that can befall us if we can’t coexist with those whose values are different from our own.” — Atlanta Journal

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * One of NPR's Best Books of 2020"A provocative, absorbing read." — People “A feast of a read... I finished A Good Neighborhood in a single sitting. Yes, it’s that good.” —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and A Spark of LightIn Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son, Xavier, who’s headed to college in the fall. All is well until the Whitmans—a family with new money and a secretly troubled teenage daughter—raze the house and trees next door to build themselves a showplace.With little in common except a property line, these two families quickly find themselves at odds: first, over an historic oak tree in Valerie's yard, and soon after, the blossoming romance between their two teenagers. A Good Neighborhood asks big questions about life in America today—what does it mean to be a good neighbor? How do we live alongside each other when we don't see eye to eye?—as it explores the effects of class, race, and heartrending love in a story that’s as provocative as it is powerful.

A tale of secrets, forgiveness, and the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood — from the New York Times bestselling author of A Well-Behaved Woman."A true page-turner." —Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful"A smart and lively novel." —Jess Walter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins"Austenesque...this goes down as easily as an Aperol spritz." —Publishers WeeklyMeet the Geller sisters: Beck, Claire, and Sophie, a trio of strong-minded women whose pragmatic mother, Marti, will be dying soon.Beck, a freelance journalist, suspects her husband is hiding something. Claire, an accomplished pediatric cardiologist, nurses an unrequited love that''s slowly destroying her. And Sophie''s Instagram-perfect life is really a cash-strapped house of cards on the verge of collapse.Marti''s will surprises them with its provision that the family''s summer cottage in Maine must be sold, the proceeds split equally between the sisters. While there''s a ready buyer in C.J. Reynolds, he''s an ex-con with a complicated past and a tangled history with one of the women.In It All Comes Down to This, acclaimed author Therese Anne Fowler delivers a stylish, insightful take on the dysfunctional family dramedy. As the Geller sisters navigate choices and consequences, mistakes and misapprehensions, obligations and desires, they must come to terms with the ways their lives have turned out differently than expected — and the secrets they''ve been keeping from each other and themselves.

A JUNE 2022 INDIE NEXT PICK"A true page-turner." —Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful"A smart and lively novel." —Jess Walter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins"Austenesque...this goes down as easily as an Aperol spritz." —Publishers WeeklyWith her keen eye for human foibles and emotional truth, humor and deep feeling, acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Therese Anne Fowler's It All Comes Down to This delivers a stylish, insightful take on the dysfunctional family dramedy.Meet the Geller sisters: Beck, Claire, and Sophie, a trio of strong-minded women whose pragmatic mother, Marti, will be dying soon.Beck, the eldest, is a freelance journalist whose marriage has long been devoid of passion, and she's recently begun to suspect that her husband, Paul, is hiding something from her. Though middle sister Claire is an accomplished pediatric cardiologist, her own heart is a mess, and her unrequited love for the wrong man is slowly destroying her. And while Sophie, the youngest, appears to have an Instagram-ready life of glamorous work and travel, her true existence is a cash-strapped house of cards that may fall at any moment.But Marti’s will surprises them with its provision that the family’s summer cottage in Maine must be sold, the proceeds split equally between the three sisters. While there’s a ready buyer in C.J. Reynolds, he’s an ex-con with a complicated past and a tangled history with one of the women.Choices and consequences, mistakes and misapprehensions, obligations and desires: before long, everyone in this cast of indelible characters will have to come to terms with the ways their lives have turned out differently than they expected, as well as the secrets they’ve been keeping from each other––and themselves.

Therese Anne Fowler''s It All Comes Down to This is a warm, keenly perceptive novel of sisterhood, heartbreak, home, and what it takes to remake a life at its halfway point, for fans of Ann Patchett and Emma Straub.Meet the Geller sisters: Beck, Claire, and Sophie, a trio of strong-minded women whose pragmatic, widowed mother, Marti, will be dying soon and taking her secrets with her. Marti has ensured that her modest estate is easy for her family to deal with once she’s gone––including a provision that the family’s summer cottage on Mount Desert Island, Maine, must be sold, the proceeds split equally between the three girls.Beck, the eldest, is a freelance journalist whose marriage looks more like a sibling bond than a passionate partnership. In fact, her husband Paul is hiding a troubling truth about his love life. For Beck, the Maine cottage has been essential to her secret wish to write a novel––and to remake the terms of her relationship.Despite her accomplishments as a pediatric cardiologist, Claire, the middle daughter, has always felt like the Geller misfit. Recently divorced, Claire’s secret unrequited love for the wrong man is slowly destroying her, and she’s finding that her expertise on matters of the heart unfortunately doesn’t extend to her own.Youngest daughter Sophie appears to live an Instagram-ready life, filled with glamorous work and travel, celebrities, fashion, art, and sex. In reality, her existence is a cash-strapped house of cards that may crash at any moment.Enter C.J. Reynolds, an enigmatic southerner ex-con with his own hidden past, who complicates the situation. All is not what it seems, and everything is about to change.A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin''s Press.

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE TELEVISION DRAMA Z: THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING With brilliant insight and imagination, Therese Anne Fowler''s New York Times bestseller Z brings us Zelda''s irresistible story as she herself might have told it. I wish I could tell everyone who thinks we''re ruined, Look closer…and you''ll see something extraordinary, mystifying, something real and true. We have never been what we seemed. When beautiful, reckless Southern belle Zelda Sayre meets F. Scott Fitzgerald at a country club dance in 1918, she is seventeen years old and he is a young army lieutenant stationed in Alabama. Before long, the "ungettable" Zelda has fallen for him despite his unsuitability: Scott isn''t wealthy or prominent or even a Southerner, and keeps insisting, absurdly, that his writing will bring him both fortune and fame. Her father is deeply unimpressed. But after Scott sells his first novel, This Side of Paradise, to Scribner''s, Zelda optimistically boards a train north, to marry him in the vestry of St. Patrick''s Cathedral and take the rest as it comes. What comes, here at the dawn of the Jazz Age, is unimagined attention and success and celebrity that will make Scott and Zelda legends in their own time. Everyone wants to meet the dashing young author of the scandalous novel—and his witty, perhaps even more scandalous wife. Zelda bobs her hair, adopts daring new fashions, and revels in this wild new world. Each place they go becomes a playground: New York City, Long Island, Hollywood, Paris, and the French Riviera—where they join the endless party of the glamorous, sometimes doomed Lost Generation that includes Ernest Hemingway, Sara and Gerald Murphy, and Gertrude Stein. Everything seems new and possible. Troubles, at first, seem to fade like morning mist. But not even Jay Gatsby''s parties go on forever. Who is Zelda, other than the wife of a famous—sometimes infamous—husband? How can she forge her own identity while fighting her demons and Scott''s, too?

The New York Times and USA Today bestseller"More than a rewriting of history, this is history reimagined from a fresh angle, delivered here with energy, sensitivity, and flair." — AudioFile MagazineThis program includes a bonus interview with the author.A Well-Behaved Woman is the riveting audiobook about iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded Age New York, from the New York Times bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald.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 9 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. In A Well-Behaved Woman, Therese 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. Praise for A Well-Behaved Woman:"A Well-Behaved Woman is an extraordinary portrait of a strong, fascinating woman who rose above societal convention and even her own expectations to become so much more than anyone might have predicted.” -- Christina Baker Kline, New York Times Bestselling author of A Piece of the World and Orphan Train“Oh how I loved every instant I spent in the world Fowler has recreated here. The story of Alva Vanderbilt is elegantly and emphatically told. Prepare to be enthralled!” —Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Couple "To step into Therese Anne Fowler''s stunning novel is to step into Alva Vanderbilt''s rarefied world of sprawling homes, delicious society intrigue, and incomparable Gilded Age luxury." — Allison Pataki, New York Times Bestselling author of The Accidental Empress

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OF THE JAZZ AGE NOW AN AMAZON ORIGINALS SERIES STARRING CHRISTINA RICCI''If ever a couple ... became an era, it was F Scott Fitzgerald and his glamorous "flapper" wife, Zelda. They were the Jazz Age'' Independent

When beautiful, reckless Southern belle Zelda Sayre meets F. Scott Fitzgerald at a country club dance in 1918, she is seventeen and he is a young army lieutenant. Before long, Zelda has fallen for him, even though Scott isn''t wealthy or prominent or even a Southerner and keeps insisting, absurdly, that his writing will bring him both fortune and fame. When he sells his first novel, she optimistically boards a train to New York, to marry him and take the rest as it comes.

What comes, here at the dawn of the Jazz Age, is unimagined success and celebrity that will make Scott and Zelda legends in their own time. Each place they go becomes a playground:New York City, Long Island, Hollywood, Paris, and the French Riviera - where they join the endless party of the glamorous, sometimes doomed Lost Generation that includes Ernest Hemingway, Sara and Gerald Murphy, and Gertrude Stein.

Everything seems new and possible, but not even Jay Gatsby''s parties go on forever. Who is Zelda, other than the wife of a famous - sometimes infamous - husband? With brilliant insight and imagination, Therese Anne Fowler brings us Zelda''s irresistible story as she herself might have told it.

''Utterly compulsive reading'' Stylist''Brilliant'' Daily Mail''Superb'' Independent

*Therese Anne Fowler''s bestselling novel of the Gilded Age, A Well-Behaved Woman, is out now*

***THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***''There''s no doubting this novel''s power'' Daily Mail''A feast of a read'' Jodi Picoult_____________________________Star-crossed love will change two families'' lives forever... Therese Anne Fowler''s New York Times bestselling novel is perfect for fans of Celeste Ng''s Little Fires Everywhere and Mary Beth Keane''s Ask Again, Yes.A forbidden romance is blossoming in the tight-knit community of Oak Knoll. No one''s realised it yet - they''ve been too busy watching the rich, white Whitman family move into their newly built house. They''ve been watching Brad Whitman, with his new money and apparently traditional values, fight his neighbour over the historic oak tree dividing their properties. But what they haven''t noticed is that the Whitman girl is falling in love with the biracial boy next door. It is a love that will shatter the constructs of class and race in this small town.It is a love that might destroy everything...*Therese Anne Fowler''s new novel, It All Comes Down To This, is available to pre-order now*_____________________________Praise for A Good Neighbourhood...''Compelling, complicated, timely, and smart . . . hard to put down and hard to forget''LAURIE FRANKEL''This is a story that will stick with you for a long time''EMILY GIFFIN''Smart dialogue, compelling characters and a communal "we" narrator that implicates us all in the wrenching conclusion''TARA CONKLIN''A thought provoking and gripping novel - the kind that will have you savouring every page''CULTUREFLY''It''s the kind of book you tell your friends to read immediately, just so you have someone to talk to about it''i PAPER''Fowler''s novel culminates with injustices that are painfully easy to imagine because they continue to be a part of our contemporary lived experience''THE WASHINGTON POST''Make sure a friend reads it too - you''re going to want to talk about this book as soon as you finish it''GOOD MORNING AMERICA''Fans of Celeste Ng''s Little Fires Everywhere need to read Therese Anne Fowler''s A Good Neighbourhood''POPSUGAR''Beautiful, compelling and heartbreaking''GLASGOW HERALD''This page-turner delivers a thoughtful exploration of prejudice, preconceived notions, and what it means to be innocent''PUBLISHERS WEEKLY''A rippling story for fans of suspenseful domestic dramas''BOOKLIST''An unforgettable, heart-breaking story''LIBRARY JOURNAL, STARRED REVIEW''Check out this contemporary fiction novel if you''ve ever found yourself wondering what it means to be a good neighbour in modern America''HUFFINGTON POST''A provocactive, absorbing read''PEOPLE''One of the most precise and timely novels of the year''NEWSWEEK*Therese Anne Fowler''s new novel, It All Comes Down To This, is available to pre-order now*

Marti Geller is going to die soon, and she's hoping to take her secrets with her. To do this, Marti has stipulated in her will that the family's summer home on Mount Desert Island, Maine, must be sold as soon as possible. This request comes as a shock to her three daughters, a trio of strong-minded women who are each hiding a secret of their own. For the eldest daughter, Beck, the Maine cottage is essential to her secret wish to write a novel, and selling is the last thing she wants to do. But recently divorced Claire is privately too preoccupied with an unrequited love to be concerned about the sale, while the youngest daughter, Sophie, would never admit to her sisters that she desperately needs the sale in order to survive. While the sisters argue over the fate of their late mother's property, enigmatic southerner C.J. Reynolds, with his own troubled past, is released from prison and begins to travel to Mount Desert Island. As this seemingly unconnected group all head for the coast of Maine, nothing is as it seems. And everything is about to change...

''Entertaining, in the best sense of the word, and a true page-turner'' Ann Napolitano

''I read it in a single gulp'' Karen Joy Fowler

''A smart and lively novel'' Jess Walter

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER''A glittering depiction of a woman ahead of her time who absolutely refused to be second best'' Red Alva Smith, her Southern family destitute after the Civil War, marries 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 designs and builds nine mansions, hosts grand balls, and arranges for her daughter to marry a duke. But Alva also defies convention for women of the time, asserting power within her marriage and becoming a leader in the women''s suffrage movement. With a nod to Jane Austen and Edith Wharton, bestselling author 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.''A very lively read'' Independent ''A pacy, elegant novel'' Mail on Sunday ''Wholly absorbing'' Stylist ''Like Gossip Girl minus more than a century'' The Skimm''Enthralling'' Good Housekeeping-----------------------------------*PRAISE FOR Z: A NOVEL OF ZELDA FITZGERALD, A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*''Brilliant. Read it, read it, read it'' Daily Mail ''Superb'' Independent on Sunday ''Utterly compulsive reading'' Stylist ''A treat'' Sunday Times