Gossip : A Novel
Author(s): Beth Gutcheon
“A gifted storyteller...her characters are intelligent, brave, and witty...human and real.”
—Susan Isaacs, New York Times Book Review
The critically acclaimed author of Good-bye and Amen, Leeway Cottage, and More Than You Know, Beth Gutcheon returns with Gossip, 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, Gossip 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 Gossip.
Review(s):
“[E]nthralling . . . triumphant and true.”
“[C]ompellingly drawn…A true New England novel, charming but a bit chilly.”
“[C]ompelling…Beautifully written and told from varying points of view, this sweeping saga will strike a chord with anyone who loves to read about family. Four stars.”
“A great drama, cinematically told . . . [Gutcheon] writes elegantly about the complex bonds of family.”
“A remarkably rich and emotionally jarring novel filled ultimately with hope.”
“Editor’s Choice.”
“Good-Bye and Amen is a tour de force of structure and voice. Gutcheon had me at the first sentence and I didn’t put the book down until I had finished it. Marvelous and memorable.”
“The book reads seamlessly…Gutcheon is a novelist with a poetic grasp of the language and a keen eye for the quirks and foibles that make us human. ”
“A good old–fashioned, all–encompassing read, with tears and smiles guaranteed.”
“Beth Gutcheon has something real to say . . . There is a world of entertainment in Domestic Pleasures.”
ISBN: 9780061931437