<p>“A gifted storyteller...her characters are intelligent, brave, and witty...human and real.”<br />—Susan Isaacs, <em>New York Times Book Review</em></p><p>The critically acclaimed author of <em>Good-bye and Amen</em>, <em>Leeway Cottage</em>, and <em>More Than You Know</em>, Beth Gutcheon returns with <em>Gossip</em>, a sharply perceptive and emotionally resonant novel about the power of knowing things about others, the consequences of rumor, and the unexpected price of friendship. A story set among the rich, famous, and well-dressed of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, <em>Gossip</em> is a bravura display of this exceptional author’s breathtaking talents, addressing important themes of motherhood, friendship, and fidelity. Every reader who admires the strong, character-driven women’s fiction of Sue Miller, Alice Hoffman, Elizabeth Berg, and Kaye Gibbons should lend an ear to Beth Gutcheon’s <em>Gossip</em>.<br /></p>