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The Wedding People: A Novel | Alison Espach

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The Wedding People: A Novel | Alison Espach

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Very good. Follows one woman who thinks her life is over but she gets involved in a stranger's wedding and finds a way to reinvent herself. Very life affirming.

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4.5⭐️ I really liked the book and it really lived up to the hype. I thought it might be a bit too schmaltzy, but I really liked how the characters were drawn and felt like the story ended well. #2025 #fiction #contemporary #wedding #literaryfiction

ChaoticMissAdventures I thought it was fun and super unexpected! That first scene of her in the dress in the lobby has really stuck with me. 1w

dabbe We have football on, too! 😂🤩😂 1w

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melissajayne

The Wedding People: A Novel | Alison Espach

My final #weeklyfavorites for August was The Wedding People.

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The Wedding People: A Novel | Alison Espach

August was a little bit of a slower reading month for me. I finished The Wedding People last night and it was my favorite book I read in August.

Read-n-Bloom I still haven‘t gotten to read The Man No One Believed 🫣😐 My August books from BOTM just didn‘t get read in August 😆 It was a difficult month and I wasn‘t able to finish my other books. 2w

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Finished this wonderful book last night when all the guests had left collapsed with my teddy 🐶and used my new reading light - isn‘t it fantastic to sit out on warm evenings (don‘t get many in the uk 🇬🇧 😆) this book is now in my top ten of best books of the year , it is laugh out loud funny, it is 💔 heartbreaking & equally heart warming, sums up weddings perfectly, I adored Phoebe & knew where the story was going but still adored it

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3w

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monalyisha

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“Every wedding, even a successful wedding, is a waste…But…”

I‘ve been thinking about weddings a lot, as I write my sister‘s wedding ceremony, with my side hustle as an officiant & my husband‘s profession as a photographer, in the full swing of wedding season. It‘s also our 10th wedding anniversary next week! And let me tell you, the above quote is 100% true. But so is the “but.” At least, that‘s what I tell myself to justify the waste. 😅👇🏻

monalyisha 1/4: I read this for my IRL book club and forgot that it was going to be set in Newport. I live in RI, worked (briefly) in a fancy hotel in Newport (worst job of my life), and I recognized, with glee, many of the locations. We even have a gift certificate for a Water Journey (at the Bodhi Spa), which we‘ve inexplicably been sitting on for way too long! 3w

monalyisha 2/4: I found this compulsively readable. I appreciate Espach‘s voice. She deals with some big topics like, “Who determines what “waste” is — especially when examining the trite phrases we use after a death (self-inflicted or otherwise), like “What a waste”? 3w

monalyisha 3/4: She also has a talent for writing realistic & quick dialogue, which is rare, and which balances the weightiness of her subject matter. Furthermore, where else was I going to learn that Pawtucket, RI was the last place in America to make socks. Who knew?! 3w

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monalyisha 4/4: Not a perfect text. It‘s very white & very privileged but pretty self-aware. I managed to refrain from judging the characters too harshly, which is a feat for me & I‘m sure has something to do with the author‘s talent. She makes it clear that everyone is going through something, and oftentimes that “something” is huge (depression, grief). I‘ll admit I did judge the MC‘s suitability as a pet owner. 🙈 Ultimately, a book I‘m happy to have read. 3w

Sparklemn Great review! And I had the same thought about pet ownership. 😐 3w

monalyisha @Sparklemn I tried to be generous. I‘ve never been quite so low or crushed before, so who am I to say what I would or wouldn‘t do? And she clearly loved her “therapist.” But it was tough. 3w

AnnCrystal Happy 10th Anniversary in advance and Congrats to your sister 🥳🥂💝💝💝. 3w

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Bookbuyingaddict

The Wedding People: A Novel | Alison Espach

Now this is more like it ! Oh I love 🥰 Phoebe I wanna take her out for cocktails 🍸 and talk all night , I sat up way way past my bedtime 🥱 reading this and had to give up when my eyes were closing - loving it 🥰 and highly recommend; Alison espachs writing ✍️ reminds me of the brilliant Katherine heiny

Areader2 I loved this book! 4w

IMASLOWREADER reading this now 3w

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