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The Wedding People
- Narrated by: Helen Laser
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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The Wedding People
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Publisher's Summary
A Read With Jenna book club pick
'UTTERLY CHARMING' PANDORA SYKES
'WICKEDLY FUNNY' JENNY JACKSON
'A PERFECT NOVEL' CATHERINE NEWMAN
'THE BEST READ OF THE YEAR SO FAR' THE TIMES
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.
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- Terriann
- 25-09-2024
Not my usual genre but well worth my time.
I enjoyed the growing conviction and strength of the main character and the way she progresses. The other key characters had good depth to them as well making them interesting.
I struggle with too many characters in dialogue at once. Even the best narrators can only do so many voices before they start to sound the same. That’s when I’d rather read the book. But in this instance the narrator pulled it off.
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- AussieSal
- 18-11-2024
Loving the surprise start
Something new and different but comforting all the same. Easy to listen to, Paced nicely. Unsure why the husband reemerge after in the end but hey…
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- Mia Lauze
- 14-10-2024
Loved the premise
The quirky setting and idiocentric characters made this exploration of life totally original and engaging. Loved it!
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- marg k
- 10-09-2024
fabulous narration
what a fun story. the narration was great, with each character bought to life. such an easy listen
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- Kindle Customer
- 17-09-2024
The way some of the delicate themes of this book was handled spoke to me.
I loved how the delicate themes like mental health,grief, and infertility were handled in such a way that is not heavy yet shining spotlight on these issues. I liked that the MC was able to identify with her mental health and chose self love and decided to be the real her. This novel reminded me of my favorite song People pt.2 by Agust D, where he says/ explains that people want sincere connection with each other and that life is really a struggle against loneliness rather than resistance and submission and that sometimes its okay to cry,if you can't it hold back.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-08-2024
Occasional weird AI narrator
I really enjoyed the plot, and the narrator most of the time, however every once in a while it was like they had to redo a part of the original narration but used AI to do it... It was very noticeable, and pulled me out of the story every time it happened.
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- Barbara Gomes
- 22-10-2024
What an amazing book!
I lived this book, it’s not my usual kind of book but I loved every second of it. The performance was incredible!
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- ConstantReader
- 31-10-2024
Witty dialogue
A great story with an original premise likable and flawed characters and funny - the only thing I found slightly annoying was the ‘Gary said’ ‘he said ‘, ‘she said’ within the close narration . Mostly it was clear who was saying what but it did detract from the story at times .
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