What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

Hi, this is a book I haven't read but meant to, but now I can't remember the name. It's about a situation where woman is seen coming out of a hotel with a man and it's an innocent situation, but gossip gets started and ruins her reputation and I think that her acquaintances are complicit in the gossip and the aftereffects is what the book is concerned with. It might be a novella. It takes place in the early 20th century, maybe the 30s, and I'm thinking in the States, but it could be England.

Maybe The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton?

Hey Jackie, thanks for the super speedy response. It's not The House of Mirth, though. It's written recently, maybe in the last ten/fifteen years, though it's about an earlier time period.

Sweet Water by Kathryn Kramer, 1998

No, it's not that one either. It's about a group of females in society and a lie they tell or gossip they spread that ruins one woman's reputation. I don't think the romance or whatever is a large part of the story.

Wow, who would have guessed how many similar stories there are out there--I read a synopsis of the movie and it's not that, either.

It sounds a bit like Judy Blundell's What I Saw and How I Lied. Have you looked at that?

Nope. The novel (or novella) is all about the effects of this one particular situation where a woman and a man come out of a hotel together and how it ruins that woman's reputation. There isn't a backstory like in Blundell's book. Thanks for the guess, though.

One Sunday Morning A Novel by Amy Ephron, 2005.

Summary: Attending a bridge party in Jazz Age New York, four women find their lives forever changed by gossip, indiscretion, secrets, and betrayal after they witness a beautiful mutual acquaintance leaving a nearby hotel with a man who is not her husband. By the author of A Cup of Tea.

That's it! Thanks April

Ya welcome!