Name: Spencer McWilliams's review of The Social Graces by Renée Rosen
Item: The Social Graces
Rating: 4
Author: Spencer McWilliams

Renée Rosen

"In the glittering world of Manhattan's upper crust, where wives turn a blind eye to husbands' infidelities, and women have few rights and even less independence, society is everything. 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 money when society refuses to acknowledge you? When it carries on just as it has done for generations? Alva, who knows what it is to have nothing, will do whatever it takes to have everything"--

The Social Graces

Sarah Stephens

Spencer McWilliams

3.5⭐️ 

The Social Graces felt like a more refined, posh version of the Kardashians. There were times where I was absolutely annoyed by Caroline Astor and Alva Vanderbilt — but there were also small moments throughout the book that made me sympathize with them, especially with the hardships of being a woman during this time. I would root for them, but also think “what the hell were they thinking?” (which is also my exact thoughts while watching the Kardashians) 

There came a time where the plot felt choppy and I felt like Rosen was just checking off a list of biographical events she needed to cover. The end of Caroline’s life, however, was beautifully written and struck a chord that made me wish I could have met the woman in real life one day.

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