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.