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    The Wedding People: A Novel
    The Wedding People: A Novel
    The Wedding People: A Novel
    Audiobook12 hours

    The Wedding People: A Novel

    Written by Alison Espach

    Narrated by Helen Laser

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    "As narrator, the terrific Laser, an actress and puppeteer, only enhances the swoon-worthy quirks and romance." —Vulture

    A Today show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick, A Goodreads Choice Awards 2024 Winner, and long-listed in many Best of the Year 2024 picks!

    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.

    A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateJul 30, 2024
    ISBN9781250349705
    The Wedding People: A Novel
    Author

    Alison Espach

    Alison Espach is the New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding People, a New York Times Editor’s Choice, a Today Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick, a Barnes and Noble Book Club Pick, and a #1 Indie Next Pick. The Wedding People spent several dozen weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list and will be published in over 35 countries. She is also the author of Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance, a Chicago Tribune and NPR “Best Book of the Year,” as well as The Adults, a New York Times Editor’s Choice and Barnes and Noble Discover Pick. Her fictional audio series In-Depth Market Research Interviews with Dead People is an Audible Original. She has written for McSweeney’s, Vogue, Outside, LitHub, Joyland and other places. She lives and teaches creative writing in Rhode Island. Alison received her MFA from Washington University in St. Louis. She has been a writer-in-residence at the Ucross Foundation for the Arts, Millay Arts, The Wassaic Project, the Cuttyhunk Writers Residency and the San Miguel Literary Sala.

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    What our readers think

    Readers find this title full of humor, relatable characters, dark humor, and life-affirming moments. The narrator is praised for bringing the characters to life. While some parts are corny, the overall story is thought-provoking and engaging. This book is described as witty, funny, and tragic, with insights into life and being true to oneself. Overall, it is considered one of the best books of the year.

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    • 5/5

      Jan 26, 2026

      4.5/5 really easy read, simple but catchy… i really enjoyed! Good characters and well focused
    • 5/5

      Jan 6, 2026

      Phenomenal story telling. Funny and poignant. Loved the motley crew of the wedding party. Very well defined characters. Felt a bit slow at the beginning but I understand why it was done.
    • 5/5

      Dec 9, 2025

      4.5⭐ rounded up.
      I really enjoyed this book. It's true that the suicide intention is dealt really quickly and without much struggle, but I enjoyed the variety of characters and how the story developed.
    • 5/5

      Sep 27, 2025

      I absolutely love this book. It was inspiring, funny, and heartwarming. I'd recommend it for anyone.
    • 5/5

      Sep 24, 2025

      I love this book from beginning to end it was witty. It had great humor. The twist and the terms were unbelievable. I definitely will be reading all of her books.
    • 5/5

      Sep 23, 2025

      I absolutely love this book and the person that was reading throughout the audio 10 stars. I wish I could read a lot more books with your voice
    • 5/5

      Aug 28, 2025

      Loved the complete turn around of everything. It’s thoughtful and it made me smile.
    • 3/5

      Aug 23, 2025

      Women centered, stylish set up but sadly too shallow to resonate
    • 2/5

      Aug 17, 2025

      I hated this book with passion. Not a fan of depicting women as weak as the protagonist is depicted. Her entire life is surrounded by the idea of men and her ability to have children. Finished it because of my book club.
    • 5/5

      Aug 11, 2025

      It was a book that came to me at the right time.
      Found it very moving and educational in an entertaining way.
    • 5/5

      Aug 3, 2025

      I was there. I’m going to find her other books! Excellent narration ?
    • 4/5

      Jul 29, 2025

      I enjoyed the book. It was an easy read. Look forward to next one
    • 5/5

      Jul 27, 2025

      Loved it. I wonder if she and Lila remained friends
    • 5/5

      Jul 25, 2025

      Love the writing, the characters, the Lit references. Love, love, love!
    • 5/5

      Jul 14, 2025

      It’s a really wonderful book for anyone who wants to dive into themselves. It’s deep and kind of painful sometimes. It’s moving and when it’s over you’re sad because it’s over but happy because of Phoebe. I’ll probably listen to this book once a year, to help me guide back to myself. It’s not self help though. It’s much better.
    • 5/5

      Jul 9, 2025

      Surprisingly now probably one of my favorites. I did not read what this book was about before starting it and ended up not being able to stop. A great story about life changing in a blink and living in the discomfort of it.
    • 3/5

      Jul 7, 2025

      I finished it. The story was slow to start and drawn out. Ended pretty anticlimactic too.
    • 4/5

      Jun 30, 2025

      Heartwarming and fun it takes you through the twists and funs of a get away wedding
    • 2/5

      Jun 28, 2025

      Was really hard to finish! I’m surprised this book got such high ratings!
    • 5/5

      Jun 28, 2025

      This is all the things and then some!!!!! Loved it
    • 4/5

      Jun 12, 2025

      This book explores our innermost and outermost worlds. It has humor, depth and enough intrigue to keep a reader engaged. I enjoyed it.
    • 3/5

      Jun 11, 2025

      As the author said: „she got very well at predicting the end of the books“ well this was a very predictable book, no mastery or surprise whatsoever. Quite dull I am afraid.
    • 5/5

      Jun 6, 2025

      The narrator did a great job with his book. The author‘s voice coming through is witty, sincere, heart, wrenching, irreverent, and poignant. I fell in love with Phoebe and really all the characters that were part of the wedding. The author does such a fantastic job of developing these characters and giving them such dynamic personalities. It’s shocking when you come to the end of this book and realize that this entire novel takes place over the course of six or seven days. It is a book. I absolutely recommend. It’s real, raw, poignant, heartbreaking, uplifting, and fulfilling.
    • 5/5

      Jun 2, 2025

      Excellent storytelling. I completely enjoyed this book! Looking forward to more of the authors books.
    • 1/5

      May 29, 2025

      DNF at 36 %

      This was really bad and not funny AT ALL. This was mostly the monologue of a woman who went through a divorce after her EX-husband cheated, and I emphasize the EX because she KEEPS referring to the guy as her husband throughout the entire book, which is extremely annoying. The protagonist was very unlikeable and the freaking flashbacks to her life with her ex-husband were driving crazy. I was promised a funny book with dark humor, and I am all in for that but this was very very dry.

      It is not worth, the audiobook is not worth, this was a total waste of time and from reviews on GR, the book does not get any better. This was so bad that at 16 % I was thinking that the main character dying might make things better, that is how bad it was.
    • 4/5

      May 28, 2025

      I had to push through the first 4 chapters but after that, I thoroughly enjoyed this book!! Definitely worth a read.
    • 3/5

      May 26, 2025

      Not through the story yet but if I hear the word pandemic one more time....?‍♀️
    • 5/5

      May 21, 2025

      This was a beautiful story. Very fun. I didn't want it to end.
    • 4/5

      May 13, 2025

      This book definitely made me think of the way we impact people, see our lives. It did have some language and graphic descriptions I didn’t care for
    • 5/5

      Apr 28, 2025

      This is a light comic comedy in terms of the story line .
      The dialogue between the characters is witty and deeply meaningful. It is a novel worth reading again.