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The Wedding People

By: Alison Espach
Narrated by: Helen Laser
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The smash-hit international bestseller
A Read With Jenna book club pick
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction
'Best read of the year' THE TIMES

'Books as fun as this one are few and far between' GUARDIAN

'Sharp, funny and a joy to read' OBSERVER

Phoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel in Rhode Island wearing her best dress and least comfortable shoes. Immediately she is mistaken for one of the wedding people - but she's actually the only guest at the Cornwall Inn who isn't here for the big event.

When the bride discovers her elaborate destination wedding could be ruined by a divorced and depressed stranger, she is furious. Lila has spent months accounting for every detail and every possible disaster - except for, well, Phoebe . . . Soon, both women find their best-laid plans derailed and an unlikely confidante in one another.

Hilarious and moving, The Wedding People is an irresistible novel about love, friendship, dysfunctional families, and the unexpected paths that lead to happiness.

'My book of the summer. As soon as I'd finished it, I wanted to read it all over again' RED

'Laugh-out-loud funny and surprisingly moving' INDEPENDENT

'So funny and romantic . . . A perfect novel' CATHERINE NEWMAN

'Glorious . . . made me wish I had written it' JOJO MOYES

'Utterly charming . . . I loved it' PANDORA SYKES

'One of the few weddings I've attended that I didn't want to end' SAMUEL BURR©2024 Alison Espach (P)2024 Orion Publishing Group Limited Family Life Friendship Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Funny Witty
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Loved all these characters and I wish I could have kept on listening to the narrator tell me all about them for longer.

Beautiful storytelling

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I wasn’t sure I like this at first. If it was supposed to be funny no, I didn’t find it so.
What I did find, tho, was that I became intrigued by what Phoebe needed from the people around her to pull her through her feelings of suicide. I loved how Lila made her feel needed and trusted, and just let her be part of t he wedding party.
For me, the pivotal moment of Phoebe’s story was on the boat having the funeral for Human Princess. Phoebe was able to let go of so much deep hurt and feelings in her private goodbyes. It was the moment she faced forward to live. It was the moment I began to like the book.

Intriguing

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So honest and entertaining, the truth of allowing themselves to engage and understand their emotions, told in a humoristic tone. Just funny enough to make you laugh at your own denial. Just serious enough to know that every day is an oppurtunity to start again, laugh again, to allow yourselve to cry at what hurts. Excellent book! totally loved all of it!

Fantastic narration. Supurb caracter development.

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I loved how deep the questions posed here were. It’s so hard to be authentically you- when you don’t really know who you are. I liked how the author attempted to answer these existential questions. A must read.

Smart, thought provoking, funny

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Such a great read. Touching yet laugh out loud funny at times. Just the book I needed.

Loved it

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What a fresh story line! Loved it. And then hated some parts, but learned that that was part of it. A must read!

SO UNIQUE!

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It was an easy listen but I found some of it a bit unrealistic and cliché. I think my favourite part was the character development but did not really enjoy the storyline.

Enjoyable but over-hyped

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This story made me think how human experience can be tragic, suffering may seem endless, and sometimes we can lose hope. But change is the only constant, and it goes both ways. It is a lighthearted message of resilience, that de-dramatises despair and demystifies hope. Thank you to the author for the courage of tackling the subject with much needed humour.

Gentle hope

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This was not my thing at all. I couldn't see any humour in it and the story was laboured and slow. I listened to 2 hours and called it a day. I bought this based on the many positive reviews but I honestly don't understand the hype.

Definitely Not Funny A Very Rare DNF!

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A long drawn out story about nothing. I wanted to stop by chapter 12, as nothing had happened yet, but thought I'd carry on. It had such good ratings - but, NOTHING really happened. Extremely disappointing.

Amateurish and boring

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