num_pages: 144
description: Gerald Dudley is an executive at a hardware company in St. Louis, living the quintessential bachelor life with his young son, Quint. He is also a man who aspires beyond his means and class. When Gerald meets the wealthy divorcée Ann Lauterbach and the two marry, life changes irrevocably for Quint. He enters a social world of private schools and debutante balls known to him only through his father's longings. As Quint's attachment to his stepmother and her "means" grows, her marriage to his father begins to crumble in small, subtle ways, which ultimately leads to larger, more devastating consequences.
language: English
title: A Woman of Means: A Novel
titlecomplete: A Woman of Means: A Novel
characters: Ann Lauterbach, Gerald Dudley, Quint Dudley, Bess Lauterbach, Laura Lauterbach
genres: Classics, Family, Fiction, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 186
places: St. Louis, Missouri
publisher: Picador