{"product_id":"the-wedding-people-hardcover","title":"The Wedding People - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlison Espach\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In turns absurdly funny and devastatingly tender, Alison Espach's\u003ci\u003e The Wedding People\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison Espach\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Adults\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice and a Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover pick, and \u003ci\u003eNotes on Your Sudden Disappearance, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was named a best book of 2022 by the\u003ci\u003e Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e and NPR. Her short stories and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue, Outside, Joyland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand other places. She is a professor of creative writing at Providence College in Rhode Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44336873832550,"sku":"9781250899576","price":37.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/OfYmZHYGyc9781250899576.webp?v=1768492250","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-wedding-people-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}