Wedding Belles
A Novel
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4.8 • 16 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
The New York Times bestselling author of The Red Hat Club fearlessly takes on mothers and daughters, wedding madness, and midlife passion in this frank, funny, and fabulous new novel.
Georgia, Linda, Diane, Teeny, and Pru have been best friends since high school, and never have they needed one another more. Georgia's precious twenty-eight-year-old daughter, Callie, has gone and gotten engaged. Usually this would be cause for celebration. After all, this is the South, where dreams of white dresses and wedding bells are as important as finding the perfect hat. But Callie's intended groom just happens to be a man they went to high school and college with: Wild Man Wade! These women know more about the groom than the bride does. His drunken shenanigans. His wild oats. And all of his conquests as well as his mistakes. They can imagine him in the most inappropriate of circumstances, but not as a son-in-law!
With absolutely hilarious Southern observances and dead-on wit about mothers, daughters, marriage, and families, Wedding Belles will have you laughing and crying whether you live above or below the Mason-Dixon line.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The Atlanta chapter of the Red Hat Club Georgia, Teeny, Diane, Linda and Pru meets again, sharing tea and sympathy in Smith's wry sequel to The Red Hat Club Rides Again. A frantic Georgia takes center stage as she deals with the disturbing news that her 27-year-old daughter, Callie, is engaged to 60-year-old Wade "Wild Man" Bowman. Wade, a successful florist, is also a recovering alcoholic and a divorced father with adult children and a "warehouse" full of baggage. Georgia tries to halt the nuptials, but her interference leads to unfortunate repercussions. Pru, meanwhile, becomes an instant grandmother when one of her son's ex-flings turns up, gravely ill, with a sweet little girl; and Linda endures an annoying visit from her widowed cousin. Smith's fizzy exploration of enduring friendship and family signals more changes ahead for Georgia, her family and the red hat matrons. Fans of the series will enjoy and look forward to the next.
Customer Reviews
The Wedding Belles
Another marvelous book by Hayward Smith. I have almost read all of your books. Living here in Gainesville Ga I have fun thinking of you and your stories as I drive down the main street. Thank you for the laughs, tears and hopes from a real southern lady.
Nancy
Wedding belles
Wonderful! Great time in my life to read this book. I could totally relate as I was going through the same things at the time. If ever you have married off a daughter. This is the book to read. Be blessed. Southern born and raised, a true southern girl at heart. Aloha from Maui