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The Wedding People: Not Everyone Came for the Wedding
“The Wedding People” by Alison Espach is a thoughtful, emotionally intelligent novel that blends dry humor, introspection, and social observation into a sharp narrative set against the backdrop of a luxury seaside hotel. The story centers on Phoebe, a woman recently navigating deep personal grief, who impulsively checks into a wedding venue on the Connecticut coast—not to attend a wedding, but to escape her life. What unfolds is not just a story of her healing but a layered look into the lives of the so-called wedding people around her: brides, grooms, guests, staff, and strangers all moving through joy, chaos, doubt, and revelation during one emotionally charged weekend. As Phoebe forms unexpected connections, particularly with a mysterious man also hiding from his past, the novel meditates on themes of love, loss, identity, and the performative nature of happiness. Narrated with emotional nuance by Helen Laser, the audiobook delivers an immersive, almost cinematic experience that captures both the humor and heartbreak of starting over when life doesn’t go according to plan.
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