The Wedding People

De: Alison Espach

Narrado por: Helen Laser

The #2 New York Times bestseller
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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 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. She 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.

Uproariously funny and devastatingly tender, The Wedding People is an irresistible novel about love, friendship, dysfunctional families, and the unexpected paths that lead to happiness.©2024 Alison Espach (P)2024 Orion Publishing Group Limited

Beautiful storytelling

Loved all these characters and I wish I could have kept on listening to the narrator tell me all about them for longer.

Intriguing

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.

Fantastic narration. Supurb caracter development.

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!

Loved it

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

Smart, thought provoking, funny

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.

SO UNIQUE!

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

Enjoyable but over-hyped

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.

Definitely Not Funny A Very Rare DNF!

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.