The Lady of Situations: A Novel

The New York Times–bestselling author "picks up where Wharton and James left off, with [a] stylish, tasteful novel of manners" (Publishers Weekly).

Natica Chauncey, the daughter of a financier ruined by the Great Depression, is determined to regain the social status she has lost. She relies on a kindly matron for her glancing acquaintance with the aristocracy of Long Island—but she is haunted by a yearning for more.

Coming of age at a time when anything more than a modest show of ambition...