This is a work of fiction.

The book that damned an entire town.

Fern Fulton: “I’m the only friend Gloria Wealdon has in this town. How could she write those dreadful things about me and my husband and our daughter?”

Virginia Fulton, age 15: “Mrs. Wealdon’s a stinker and I’d like to murder her and write a sequel to her book. I’d call it Population 12,359”

Dr. Jay Mannerheim, psychologist: “Gloria Wealdon has simply touched off unpleasantries that in many cases would have exploded sooner or later anyway.”

Milo Wealdon: “I never realized my wife had such contempt, such loathing for me until I read her book.”

Min Stewart: “My family has been here for generations. I consider Gloria Wealdon so vulgar as to be quite beneath contempt.”

Gloria Wealdon: “The hell with everybody in this snotty town. They made my life miserable. Now we’re even.”