The protagonist joins the Jolly Seventeen but figures out that she does not fit in when she defends her maid Bea Sorenson.
When the main character in this novel asks her husband what other people think of her, he tells her to shop in town at stores owned by his friends and patients. In this novel, one of the teachers leaves town after false accusations are made by Cy Bogart, while another one marries Raymond Wutherspoon. The protagonist joins the Jolly Seventeen but figures out that she does not fit in when she defends her maid Bea Sorenson. That protagonist, who marries Dr.  Will Kennicott, has the maiden name Carol Milford. Name this novel set in Gopher Prairie by Sinclair Lewis.
When the main character in this novel asks her husband what other people think of her, he tells her to shop in town at stores owned by his friends and patients.
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