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The Wedding People: A Novel Audiobook
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"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.
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“Helen Laser gives a nuanced performance…Laser creates an immersive portrait of the glamorous locale and its privileged characters of all ages and genders. She brings forth the story’s wit and sharp observations, and is especially adept at showcasing the poignant exchanges between the two women. Those sensitive to mentions of suicidal ideation should take note.”
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“A feel-good testament to the life-altering magic of chance meetings.”
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“A story of what it means to lift oneself out of one life and into another through acts of individual will and fellowship with others.”
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A New York Times Bestseller
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An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick in Fiction
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A Barnes & Noble Bestseller
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A Barnes & Noble Book Club Pick
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A Today Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick
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A Washington Post Pick of Top 10 Summer Books
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Among longlisted titles for Time Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Audible.com Best of the Year, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for CPL: Chicago Public Library Best of the Best, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Time Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Audible.com Best of the Year, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for CPL: Chicago Public Library Best of the Best, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2024
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Winner of Goodreads Choice Awards, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Time Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Audible.com Best of the Year, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for CPL: Chicago Public Library Best of the Best, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2024
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Winner of Goodreads Choice Awards, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2024
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Winner of Goodreads Choice Awards, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Time Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2024
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Winner of Goodreads Choice Awards, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Time Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Time Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2024
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Winner of Goodreads Choice Awards, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Time Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2024
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Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2024
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An Indie Next List Pick
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A People Magazine Pick of Summer
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A Minneapolis Star-Tribune Pick for Summer
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A Bustle Pick of Summer Books
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A Literary Hub Pick of the Best Books of Summer
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A New York Times Bestseller in Audio
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About Alison Espach
Alison Espach is the author of the novels The Adults, a New York Times Editors’ Choice and a Barnes & Noble Discover pick, and Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance, which was named a best book of 2022 by the Chicago Tribune and NPR. Her short stories and essays have appeared in McSweeney’s, Vogue, Outside, and other places. She received her MFA degree from Washington University in St. Louis and is a professor of creative writing at Providence College in Rhode Island.
About Helen Laser
Michael Crouch is an actor based in New York City. His audiobook narration has won the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration, numerous Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, and Best of the Year accolades from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly. He can also be heard on national commercials, cartoons, video games, and the animé series Pokémon XY and Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V.