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The Wedding People: A Novel

The runaway New York Times bestseller
A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick, New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and a #1 Indie Next Pick
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, Time, Chicago Tribune Biblioracle, HuffPost, US Magazine, Elle, Real Simple, and Glamour

A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew.

It’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.

In turns absurdly funny and devastatingly tender, Alison Espach’s The Wedding People 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.

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Published Jul 30, 2024

384 pages

Average rating: 7.59

3,692 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Annie.S
Jun 26, 2025
8/10 stars
I really liked the humor and perspective of Phoebe. The ways we are different people to different people. Great way of exploring who we truly are and who we are meant to be.
Anonymous
Jun 25, 2025
10/10 stars
Absolutely INCREDIBLE! This book surprised me in the best possible way!! I love everything about this story!
sweetlemoneade
May 27, 2025
8/10 stars
Very cute and sweet. Going into this book blind was wild! Very rom-com movie-esque.
Pntmnms
May 08, 2025
9/10 stars
What a great read! Not what I expected but made me really take a deep dive into my own life and choices and how I show up for myself.
jpotenza
May 05, 2025
6/10 stars
What shall I say? Not a bad book, but I did bring it home from vacation to keep on my bookshelf. It shall live in Cairo and continue its journey there.

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