The Wedding People
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4.1 • 1.6K Ratings
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Publisher Description
"As narrator, the terrific Laser, an actress and puppeteer, only enhances the swoon-worthy quirks and romance." —Vulture
A Today show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick, A Goodreads Choice Awards 2024 Winner, and long-listed in many Best of the Year 2024 picks!
A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew.
It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn’t here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she’s dreamed of coming for years—she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she’s here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every detail and every possible disaster the weekend might yield except for, well, Phoebe and Phoebe's plan—which makes it that much more surprising when the two women can’t stop confiding in each other.
In turns absurdly funny and devastatingly tender, Alison Espach’s The Wedding People is ultimately an incredibly nuanced and resonant look at the winding paths we can take to places we never imagined—and the chance encounters it sometimes takes to reroute us.
A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.
Customer Reviews
Wedding p
Very slow start, picks up towards the end
Didn’t love the ending
This is my first time reading a book by this author. Well, technically, I listened to the book. I couldn’t wait to see what the end predicted for Gary and phoebe. I wanted them to be together so badly. But, as you all know, they did not end up. I was a little bit disappointed in how the book finished but I really did enjoy it and will probably listen/read a few more of her books. I also will say that since I did listen to it, you could really get a sense for the characters in a different way than you can when you read it. I felt as if Lila was a brat and came off very spoiled. I also may have missed how Phoebe was so done with life and then all of a sudden she wanted to live again. But overall, I really did like this book and it kept me interested from the beginning.
Loved
I’ve listened to this at least five times and hear something new each time. Love the narrator and story.