An Inconvenient Woman is a 1990 novel by Dominick Dunne. Its plot centers on the affair between married Jules Mendelson, an extremely influential member of Los Angeles high society, and Flo March, a diner waitress and aspiring actress whose life is transformed by the illicit relationship until she finds herself the inconvenient woman of the title.The hardcover edition (ISBN 0-517-57763-1) was released by Crown Publishers. The paperback (ISBN 0-345-43053-0) was published by Ballantine Books.