{"product_id":"the-wedding-people-by-alison-espach","title":"The Wedding People by Alison Espach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wedding People\u003c\/strong\u003e by Alison Espach is a novel about an unravelling life and an unexpected second chance. Phoebe Stone arrives alone at a grand seaside hotel in Newport, Rhode Island, with no luggage and no plans beyond the week ahead. She finds the hotel entirely booked out for an elaborate multi-day wedding, and she is the only guest who is not one of the wedding people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is a sharp, warm comedy of manners. An unlikely candour develops between Phoebe and the exacting bride, Lila, and Phoebe finds herself drawn into the anxieties, rivalries and small disasters of a family she has no business being part of. Espach writes with a light touch about heavy things, moving between genuine humour and real grief without losing either.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThemes:\u003c\/strong\u003e starting over, marriage and its expectations, female friendship, academic burnout, grief, and the strangers who arrive at exactly the right moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alison Espach is also the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Adults\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNotes on Your Sudden Disappearance\u003c\/em\u003e. Her work has appeared in numerous literary publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781399622752\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Score Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65446125797725,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0873\/8911\/0621\/files\/img.webp?v=1785752513","url":"https:\/\/www.highscorecomics.com\/products\/the-wedding-people-by-alison-espach","provider":"High Score Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}