Scruples (novel)
1978 novel by Judith Krantz / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scruples is a 1978 bonkbuster novel by Judith Krantz. A direct sequel, Scruples Two, was published in 1992.
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The novel details the life story of protagonist Wilhelmina Hunnewell Winthrop ("Billy"), as she evolves from the overweight "poor relation" in an aristocratic Boston Brahmin family to become a thin, stylish woman who is left a vast fortune by the death of her much older first husband and who founds an upscale Beverly Hills boutique called "Scruples".