We Are Gathered Here Today
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- Pedido anticipado
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- Se espera: 16 jun 2026
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- $199.00
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- Pedido anticipado
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- $199.00
Descripción editorial
The Wedding People meets The Celebrants in this hilarious and profound novel about a recently engaged gay man second guessing marriage, and his cousin’s chaotic Texas wedding weekend with old friends and unexpected strangers that will help guide him to the truth, from the beloved author of The Old Place.
At 36, Finlay Hightower has attended countless incredible, cringe-worthy, and disastrous wedding celebrations with his best friends. Their secret to surviving wedding chaos? The Hour of Disrespect—a pact to reserve judgement to one hour after the couple’s Big Day, protecting the wedding glow and leaving only with the good memories.
But this next wedding will test their decade-old tradition in more ways than one. Now, one of their own is getting married—Fin’s beloved cousin, Elaine—at a Wild West-themed venue in the sweltering Texas summer heat that is as meticulously itineraried as it is kitchy. Reserving opinions won’t be easy, and on top of that Fin has a secret that threatens his officiant duties: he’s just gotten engaged to the man of his dreams, and a sense of unease has him questioning if he believes in the institution of marriage at all.
As Fin joins the rambunctious and increasingly unhinged “queer table”, old friendships are tested and new relationships are formed. Will each guest hold back their particular views on love, commitment, and the wedding before Elaine can say “I do”? And if not, could those confessions ultimately give Fin the courage to uncover his truth?
Like any good wedding, We Are Gathered Here Today is funny, heartfelt, and full of surprises. Like any terrible wedding, it’s something you’ll never forget.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this enjoyable romp from Finger (Four Squares), a gay man confronts his ambivalence about marriage while preparing to officiate his cousin's wedding. Fin Hightower has recently accepted a proposal from his partner, Mark, who can't attend Fin's cousin Elaine's wedding. Keeping his betrothal a secret from the bride, Fin arrives at the Texas venue, a "theme-park-ready wedding fantasy land" called the Hill Country Hideout, with his best friend, lesbian Jacque Aguilar, and the pair form a group with fellow queer guests David and Todd, a gay married couple, and lesbian Marina. As the activity-filled weekend wears on, Fin procrastinates writing his speech. He considers his competing definitions of marriage—"a promise that the love is real and not imagined" or "two people locked in a permanent embrace as they slowly sucked the life out of each other"—and becomes increasingly mischievous in complaining to Jacque about the wedding's excess. Between Elaine's less han thrilled reaction when she susses out their "bitching" and an unexpected arrival, the plot ramps up to a dramatic series of confrontations. Despite Fin's barbed critique of the wedding industrial complex, he remains a companionable protagonist, and Finger elicits readers' affection for all the characters. This pleasing rom-com goes down easy.
