The Wedding People

£9.99

It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel wearing her best dress and least comfortable shoes. Immediately she is mistaken by everyone in the lobby 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. Phoebe has dreamed of coming here for years. She hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband but now she is divorced and depressed, and not sure how to go on. She’s not been sure how to do anything, lately, except climb into bed and drink gin and tonics and listen to the sound of the refrigerator making ice. When the bride discovers her elaborate destination wedding could be ruined by this sad stranger, she is furious.

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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

Additional information

Weight 0.268 kg
Dimensions 19.6 × 12.6 × 3 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

367

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K