The Wedding People by Alison Espach: book review
The Wedding People by Alison Espach Overview: Phoebe is going to Newport, Rhode Island to die. After a sudden divorce, hitting a dead end at work, and her cat passing away, Phoebe no longer has anything to live for. She decides she wants to die at a hotel she's always fantasized about visiting. Suddenly, price is no object. But when Phoebe arrives, she realizes there's been a horrible mistake. The hotel has been booked out for a wedding, her inclusion a total accident, and a run-in with the bride changes all of Phoebe's plans. Overall: 4.5 Characters: 5 This book sings because of its characters, true to what any good literary novel aims to deliver. Phoebe is a lost, lonely professor when the book opens. She didn't manage to land a tenure job like her husband, something that grinds on her. She's made no progress towards publication in the decade since writing her dissertation. And her marriage ended after her husband had an affair, which he bushed off as a natural c...