The Wedding People by Alison Espach – Read With Jenna – Paperback

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

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Funny, tender, and deeply moving, The Wedding People is a story about unexpected friendship, starting over, and the people who can change the direction of our lives when we least expect it.

Phoebe Stone arrives alone at the beautiful Cornwall Inn in Newport, Rhode Island, dressed for the occasion but carrying no luggage. Everyone assumes she's there for the extravagant wedding taking over the hotel.

She's not.

Phoebe had once dreamed of visiting the Cornwall with her husband. Now, at one of the lowest points in her life, she's finally made the trip alone.

Then she meets Lila, the bride.

Lila has meticulously planned every detail of her wedding weekend and accounted for nearly every possible disaster—except Phoebe. Yet an unexpected conversation between the two women turns into something neither of them anticipated.

As Phoebe becomes entangled with the wedding and its guests, a weekend that was supposed to mark an ending begins to open the possibility of something entirely new.

Warm, witty, heartbreaking, and hopeful, The Wedding People explores friendship, marriage, love, loss, and the unexpected ways people can help one another find a new beginning.

BOOK DETAILS

Title: The Wedding People
Author: Alison Espach
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Publication Date: July 28, 2026
Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781250899552
Language: English
Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Women's Fiction / Literary Fiction / Humor

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• Book club fiction
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• Unexpected friendships
• Wedding settings
• Complex female characters
• Love, marriage, and relationships
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• Books that balance humor and heavier themes