Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks.
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This week’s neglected book
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
Narrator: Helen Laser
Published by Macmillan Audio on July 30, 2024
Genres: Fiction / Humorous / Black Humor
Length: 12 hours 13 minutes
Pages: 384
Source: Publisher
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The runaway New York Times bestseller
A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick, New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and a #1 Indie Next Pick
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, Time, Chicago Tribune Biblioracle, HuffPost, US Magazine, Elle, Real Simple, and GlamourA 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.
Why did I add The Wedding People to my bookshelf?
I am so sorry that this post is late! I honestly got my days mixed up this week.
I have had a copy of this audiobook for some time. One of my co-workers at the library was recently recommending books to me and she had a glowing review for this one. It sounds like it will be a great read and I hope to get to it soon.
What are your thoughts? Have you read this book? Would you recommend it?
I definitely recommend this one! It deals with a tough subject, but is done with great care and levity. It was one of my favorite reads last year.
I’ve heard a lot of good things about this one.
Nice one! That’s a totally new to me one. I hope you’re able to read it soon!
I don’t know this one.
Happy Halloween!
This one is on my list too. I’ve heard such good things about it.
Maybe you will get to it one day