Fenomenboken nu på svenska! Nominerad till Årets Bok 2025.

Bröllopsgästerna är en smart, rolig och oemotståndlig roman om kärlek, vänskap och oväntad lycka.

Phoebe Stone checkar in på tjusiga Cornwall Inn i Newport, Rhode Island, klädd i sin finaste klänning. Hon är ensam, nyskild och karriären som litteraturprofessor har gått i stå. Hon har planerat en sista dekadent kväll innan hon tar sitt liv, men upptäcker snart att hon är den enda hotellgästen som inte ska delta i ett stort bröllop. Bruden, som har planerat allt i minsta detalj, inser att den här sorgliga kvinnan kan förstöra hela bröllopsveckan. Hon var förberedd på alla möjliga katastrofer, ja, förutom Phoebe. Men trots att de båda kvinnornas planer helt går om intet, hittar de varandra och en osannolik vänskap börjar ta form.

Bröllopsgästerna vann Årets bästa roman 2024 i Goodreads Choice Awards och har varit en stor bästsäljare i USA där den sålt över en miljon exemplar.

Fenomenboken nu på svenska! Nominerad till Årets Bok 2025.

Bröllopsgästerna är en smart, rolig och oemotståndlig roman om kärlek, vänskap och oväntad lycka.

Phoebe Stone checkar in på tjusiga Cornwall Inn i Newport, Rhode Island, klädd i sin finaste klänning. Hon är ensam, nyskild och karriären som litteraturprofessor har gått i stå. Hon har planerat en sista dekadent kväll innan hon tar sitt liv, men upptäcker snart att hon är den enda hotellgästen som inte ska delta i ett stort bröllop. Bruden, som har planerat allt i minsta detalj, inser att den här sorgliga kvinnan kan förstöra hela bröllopsveckan. Hon var förberedd på alla möjliga katastrofer, ja, förutom Phoebe. Men trots att de båda kvinnornas planer helt går om intet, hittar de varandra och en osannolik vänskap börjar ta form.

Bröllopsgästerna vann Årets bästa roman 2024 i Goodreads Choice Awards och har varit en stor bästsäljare i USA där den sålt över en miljon exemplar.

Fenomenboken nu på svenska! Nominerad till Årets Bok 2025.

Bröllopsgästerna är en smart, rolig och oemotståndlig roman om kärlek, vänskap och oväntad lycka.

Phoebe Stone checkar in på tjusiga Cornwall Inn i Newport, Rhode Island, klädd i sin finaste klänning. Hon är ensam, nyskild och karriären som litteraturprofessor har gått i stå. Hon har planerat en sista dekadent kväll innan hon tar sitt liv, men upptäcker snart att hon är den enda hotellgästen som inte ska delta i ett stort bröllop. Bruden, som har planerat allt i minsta detalj, inser att den här sorgliga kvinnan kan förstöra hela bröllopsveckan. Hon var förberedd på alla möjliga katastrofer, ja, förutom Phoebe. Men trots att de båda kvinnornas planer helt går om intet, hittar de varandra och en osannolik vänskap börjar ta form.

Bröllopsgästerna vann Årets bästa roman 2024 i Goodreads Choice Awards och har varit en stor bästsäljare i USA där den sålt över en miljon exemplar.

The smash-hit international bestsellerA Read With Jenna book club pickWinner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club PickA 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.

Fenomenboken nu på svenska! Nominerad till Årets Bok 2025.

Bröllopsgästerna är en smart, rolig och oemotståndlig roman om kärlek, vänskap och oväntad lycka.

Phoebe Stone checkar in på tjusiga Cornwall Inn i Newport, Rhode Island, klädd i sin finaste klänning. Hon är ensam, nyskild och karriären som litteraturprofessor har gått i stå. Hon har planerat en sista dekadent kväll innan hon tar sitt liv, men upptäcker snart att hon är den enda hotellgästen som inte ska delta i ett stort bröllop. Bruden, som har planerat allt i minsta detalj, inser att den här sorgliga kvinnan kan förstöra hela bröllopsveckan. Hon var förberedd på alla möjliga katastrofer, ja, förutom Phoebe. Men trots att de båda kvinnornas planer helt går om intet, hittar de varandra och en osannolik vänskap börjar ta form.

Bröllopsgästerna vann Årets bästa roman 2024 i Goodreads Choice Awards och har varit en stor bästsäljare i USA där den sålt över en miljon exemplar.

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and The Chicago Tribune“Heartbreaking and funny, often in the same sentence—a deeply felt, finely wrought, and highly satisfying novel. Alison Espach has created a family whose every sorrow, joy, and idiosyncrasy is utterly, vibrantly real.”—New York Times bestselling author Claire LombardoFor much of her life, Sally Holt has been mystified by the things her older sister, Kathy, seems to have been born knowing. Kathy has answers for all of Sally’s questions about life, about love, and about Billy Barnes, a rising senior and local basketball star who mans the concession stand at the town pool. The girls have been fascinated by Billy ever since he jumped off the roof in elementary school, but Billy has never shown much interest in them until the summer before Sally begins eighth grade. By then, their mutual infatuation with Billy is one of the few things the increasingly different sisters have in common. Sally spends much of that summer at the pool, watching in confusion and excitement as her sister falls deeper in love with Billy—until a tragedy leaves Sally’s life forever intertwined with his. Opening in the early nineties and charting almost two decades of shared history and missed connections, Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance is both a breathtaking love story about two broken people who are unexplainably, inconveniently drawn to each other and a wryly astute coming-of-age tale brimming with unexpected moments of joy.

“Once I began listening to Jesse Vilinksy''s excellent narration I was immediately swept up in the story.” – Anne Bogel, Modern Ms. Darcy From Alison Espach, author of the New York Times Editor’s Choice novel The Adults, comes a dazzlingly unconventional love story for readers of Ask Again, Yes and Tell the Wolves I’m Home.For much of her life, Sally Holt has been mystified by the things her older sister, Kathy, seems to have been born knowing. Kathy has answers for all of Sally’s questions about life, about love, and about Billy Barnes, a rising senior and local basketball star who mans the concession stand at the town pool. The girls have been fascinated by Billy ever since he jumped off the roof in elementary school, but Billy has never shown much interest in them until the summer before Sally begins eighth grade. By then, their mutual infatuation with Billy is one of the few things the increasingly different sisters have in common. Sally spends much of that summer at the pool, watching in confusion and excitement as her sister falls deeper in love with Billy—until a tragedy leaves Sally’s life forever intertwined with his. Opening in the early nineties and charting almost two decades of shared history and missed connections, Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance is both a breathtaking love story about two broken people who are unexplainably, inconveniently drawn to each other and a wryly astute coming-of-age tale brimming with unexpected moments of joy.A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and The Chicago Tribune“Heartbreaking and funny, often in the same sentence—a deeply felt, finely wrought, and highly satisfying novel. Alison Espach has created a family whose every sorrow, joy, and idiosyncrasy is utterly, vibrantly real.”—New York Times bestselling author Claire LombardoFor much of her life, Sally Holt has been mystified by the things her older sister, Kathy, seems to have been born knowing. Kathy has answers for all of Sally’s questions about life, about love, and about Billy Barnes, a rising senior and local basketball star who mans the concession stand at the town pool. The girls have been fascinated by Billy ever since he jumped off the roof in elementary school, but Billy has never shown much interest in them until the summer before Sally begins eighth grade. By then, their mutual infatuation with Billy is one of the few things the increasingly different sisters have in common. Sally spends much of that summer at the pool, watching in confusion and excitement as her sister falls deeper in love with Billy—until a tragedy leaves Sally’s life forever intertwined with his. Opening in the early nineties and charting almost two decades of shared history and missed connections, Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance is both a breathtaking love story about two broken people who are unexplainably, inconveniently drawn to each other and a wryly astute coming-of-age tale brimming with unexpected moments of joy.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club PickA 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.

The runaway New York Times bestsellerA Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick, New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and a #1 Indie Next Pick Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, Time, Chicago Tribune Biblioracle, HuffPost, US Magazine, Elle, Real Simple, and GlamourA 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.

FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE WEDDING PEOPLE

THE IRRESISTIBLE DEBUT NOVEL FROM ALISON ESPACH, NOW PUBLISHED IN THE UK FOR THE FIRST TIME. ''Coming-of-age with a quick wit and sharp eye'' New York Times''Outstanding. One of the funniest books I''ve read in a long time'' Wall Street Journal''A wry, devastatingly funny coming-of-age tale'' Marie Claire

“Terävä, hauska ja nautinnollinen.” – The Guardian.

Alison Espachin Hääväkeä on ilahduttavan viisas kunnianosoitus satunnaisille kohtaamisille, jotka voivat muuttaa elämän suunnan.

Phoebe Stone astelee luksushotellin aulaan yllään vihreä juhlamekko ja kultaiset korkokengät. Hän on ilman laukkua ja yksin. ”Kuulutko hääväkeen?” häneltä kysytään, ja hän pudistaa päätään.

Phoebe on saapunut hotellille toteuttaakseen pitkäaikaisen haaveensa. Mutta siinä missä hänen piti nauttia ostereita ja samppanjaa sviitissä miehensä kanssa, nyt hän on yksin, pohjalla ja vailla tulevaisuudennäkymiä. Hänellä on jäljellä vain yksi tavoite, päättää päivänsä. Mutta tielle astuu upporikas nuori morsian Lila, jonka häihin hotelli ja sen kaikki muut vieraat valmistautuvat.

Lohduttomuudessa on omanlaistaan kauneutta eikä Phoebe kaipaa seuraa, mutta miksi hän ja Lila eivät voi lopettaa toisilleen uskoutumista? Alison Espachin Hääväkeä on absurdin humoristinen ja musertavan hellä kertomus niistä mutkittelevista poluista, jotka johtavat paikkoihin, joihin emme olisi koskaan uskoneet päätyvämme.

Alison Espach (s. 1984) on yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija, joka asuu ja opettaa luovaa kirjoittamista Rhode Islandissa. Hänen romaaninsa Hääväkeä ylsi New York Timesin bestseller-listalle. Kirja on käännetty jo yli kahdellekymmenelle kielelle ja sen pohjalta on tekeillä elokuva.

“Terävä, hauska ja nautinnollinen.” – The Guardian.

Alison Espachin Hääväkeä on ilahduttavan viisas kunnianosoitus satunnaisille kohtaamisille, jotka voivat muuttaa elämän suunnan.

Phoebe Stone astelee luksushotellin aulaan yllään vihreä juhlamekko ja kultaiset korkokengät. Hän on ilman laukkua ja yksin. ”Kuulutko hääväkeen?” häneltä kysytään, ja hän pudistaa päätään.

Phoebe on saapunut hotellille toteuttaakseen pitkäaikaisen haaveensa. Mutta siinä missä hänen piti nauttia ostereita ja samppanjaa sviitissä miehensä kanssa, nyt hän on yksin, pohjalla ja vailla tulevaisuudennäkymiä. Hänellä on jäljellä vain yksi tavoite, päättää päivänsä. Mutta tielle astuu upporikas nuori morsian Lila, jonka häihin hotelli ja sen kaikki muut vieraat valmistautuvat.

Lohduttomuudessa on omanlaistaan kauneutta eikä Phoebe kaipaa seuraa, mutta miksi hän ja Lila eivät voi lopettaa toisilleen uskoutumista? Alison Espachin Hääväkeä on absurdin humoristinen ja musertavan hellä kertomus niistä mutkittelevista poluista, jotka johtavat paikkoihin, joihin emme olisi koskaan uskoneet päätyvämme.

Alison Espach (s. 1984) on yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija, joka asuu ja opettaa luovaa kirjoittamista Rhode Islandissa. Hänen romaaninsa Hääväkeä ylsi New York Timesin bestseller-listalle. Kirja on käännetty jo yli kahdellekymmenelle kielelle ja sen pohjalta on tekeillä elokuva.

Fenomenboken nu på svenska! Nominerad till Årets Bok 2025.

Bröllopsgästerna är en smart, rolig och oemotståndlig roman om kärlek, vänskap och oväntad lycka.

Phoebe Stone checkar in på tjusiga Cornwall Inn i Newport, Rhode Island, klädd i sin finaste klänning. Hon är ensam, nyskild och karriären som litteraturprofessor har gått i stå. Hon har planerat en sista dekadent kväll innan hon tar sitt liv, men upptäcker snart att hon är den enda hotellgästen som inte ska delta i ett stort bröllop. Bruden, som har planerat allt i minsta detalj, inser att den här sorgliga kvinnan kan förstöra hela bröllopsveckan. Hon var förberedd på alla möjliga katastrofer, ja, förutom Phoebe. Men trots att de båda kvinnornas planer helt går om intet, hittar de varandra och en osannolik vänskap börjar ta form.

Bröllopsgästerna vann Årets bästa roman 2024 i Goodreads Choice Awards och har varit en stor bästsäljare i USA där den sålt över en miljon exemplar.

Fenomenboken nu på svenska! Nominerad till Årets Bok 2025.

Bröllopsgästerna är en smart, rolig och oemotståndlig roman om kärlek, vänskap och oväntad lycka.

Phoebe Stone checkar in på tjusiga Cornwall Inn i Newport, Rhode Island, klädd i sin finaste klänning. Hon är ensam, nyskild och karriären som litteraturprofessor har gått i stå. Hon har planerat en sista dekadent kväll innan hon tar sitt liv, men upptäcker snart att hon är den enda hotellgästen som inte ska delta i ett stort bröllop. Bruden, som har planerat allt i minsta detalj, inser att den här sorgliga kvinnan kan förstöra hela bröllopsveckan. Hon var förberedd på alla möjliga katastrofer, ja, förutom Phoebe. Men trots att de båda kvinnornas planer helt går om intet, hittar de varandra och en osannolik vänskap börjar ta form.

Bröllopsgästerna vann Årets bästa roman 2024 i Goodreads Choice Awards och har varit en stor bästsäljare i USA där den sålt över en miljon exemplar.

Fenomenboken nu på svenska! Nominerad till Årets Bok 2025.

Bröllopsgästerna är en smart, rolig och oemotståndlig roman om kärlek, vänskap och oväntad lycka.

Phoebe Stone checkar in på tjusiga Cornwall Inn i Newport, Rhode Island, klädd i sin finaste klänning. Hon är ensam, nyskild och karriären som litteraturprofessor har gått i stå. Hon har planerat en sista dekadent kväll innan hon tar sitt liv, men upptäcker snart att hon är den enda hotellgästen som inte ska delta i ett stort bröllop. Bruden, som har planerat allt i minsta detalj, inser att den här sorgliga kvinnan kan förstöra hela bröllopsveckan. Hon var förberedd på alla möjliga katastrofer, ja, förutom Phoebe. Men trots att de båda kvinnornas planer helt går om intet, hittar de varandra och en osannolik vänskap börjar ta form.

Bröllopsgästerna vann Årets bästa roman 2024 i Goodreads Choice Awards och har varit en stor bästsäljare i USA där den sålt över en miljon exemplar.

The smash-hit international bestsellerA Read With Jenna book club pickWinner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club PickA 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.

Fenomenboken nu på svenska! Nominerad till Årets Bok 2025.

Bröllopsgästerna är en smart, rolig och oemotståndlig roman om kärlek, vänskap och oväntad lycka.

Phoebe Stone checkar in på tjusiga Cornwall Inn i Newport, Rhode Island, klädd i sin finaste klänning. Hon är ensam, nyskild och karriären som litteraturprofessor har gått i stå. Hon har planerat en sista dekadent kväll innan hon tar sitt liv, men upptäcker snart att hon är den enda hotellgästen som inte ska delta i ett stort bröllop. Bruden, som har planerat allt i minsta detalj, inser att den här sorgliga kvinnan kan förstöra hela bröllopsveckan. Hon var förberedd på alla möjliga katastrofer, ja, förutom Phoebe. Men trots att de båda kvinnornas planer helt går om intet, hittar de varandra och en osannolik vänskap börjar ta form.

Bröllopsgästerna vann Årets bästa roman 2024 i Goodreads Choice Awards och har varit en stor bästsäljare i USA där den sålt över en miljon exemplar.

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and The Chicago Tribune“Heartbreaking and funny, often in the same sentence—a deeply felt, finely wrought, and highly satisfying novel. Alison Espach has created a family whose every sorrow, joy, and idiosyncrasy is utterly, vibrantly real.”—New York Times bestselling author Claire LombardoFor much of her life, Sally Holt has been mystified by the things her older sister, Kathy, seems to have been born knowing. Kathy has answers for all of Sally’s questions about life, about love, and about Billy Barnes, a rising senior and local basketball star who mans the concession stand at the town pool. The girls have been fascinated by Billy ever since he jumped off the roof in elementary school, but Billy has never shown much interest in them until the summer before Sally begins eighth grade. By then, their mutual infatuation with Billy is one of the few things the increasingly different sisters have in common. Sally spends much of that summer at the pool, watching in confusion and excitement as her sister falls deeper in love with Billy—until a tragedy leaves Sally’s life forever intertwined with his. Opening in the early nineties and charting almost two decades of shared history and missed connections, Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance is both a breathtaking love story about two broken people who are unexplainably, inconveniently drawn to each other and a wryly astute coming-of-age tale brimming with unexpected moments of joy.

“Once I began listening to Jesse Vilinksy''s excellent narration I was immediately swept up in the story.” – Anne Bogel, Modern Ms. Darcy From Alison Espach, author of the New York Times Editor’s Choice novel The Adults, comes a dazzlingly unconventional love story for readers of Ask Again, Yes and Tell the Wolves I’m Home.For much of her life, Sally Holt has been mystified by the things her older sister, Kathy, seems to have been born knowing. Kathy has answers for all of Sally’s questions about life, about love, and about Billy Barnes, a rising senior and local basketball star who mans the concession stand at the town pool. The girls have been fascinated by Billy ever since he jumped off the roof in elementary school, but Billy has never shown much interest in them until the summer before Sally begins eighth grade. By then, their mutual infatuation with Billy is one of the few things the increasingly different sisters have in common. Sally spends much of that summer at the pool, watching in confusion and excitement as her sister falls deeper in love with Billy—until a tragedy leaves Sally’s life forever intertwined with his. Opening in the early nineties and charting almost two decades of shared history and missed connections, Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance is both a breathtaking love story about two broken people who are unexplainably, inconveniently drawn to each other and a wryly astute coming-of-age tale brimming with unexpected moments of joy.A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and The Chicago Tribune“Heartbreaking and funny, often in the same sentence—a deeply felt, finely wrought, and highly satisfying novel. Alison Espach has created a family whose every sorrow, joy, and idiosyncrasy is utterly, vibrantly real.”—New York Times bestselling author Claire LombardoFor much of her life, Sally Holt has been mystified by the things her older sister, Kathy, seems to have been born knowing. Kathy has answers for all of Sally’s questions about life, about love, and about Billy Barnes, a rising senior and local basketball star who mans the concession stand at the town pool. The girls have been fascinated by Billy ever since he jumped off the roof in elementary school, but Billy has never shown much interest in them until the summer before Sally begins eighth grade. By then, their mutual infatuation with Billy is one of the few things the increasingly different sisters have in common. Sally spends much of that summer at the pool, watching in confusion and excitement as her sister falls deeper in love with Billy—until a tragedy leaves Sally’s life forever intertwined with his. Opening in the early nineties and charting almost two decades of shared history and missed connections, Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance is both a breathtaking love story about two broken people who are unexplainably, inconveniently drawn to each other and a wryly astute coming-of-age tale brimming with unexpected moments of joy.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club PickA 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.

The runaway New York Times bestsellerA Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick, New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and a #1 Indie Next Pick Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, Time, Chicago Tribune Biblioracle, HuffPost, US Magazine, Elle, Real Simple, and GlamourA 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.

FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE WEDDING PEOPLE

THE IRRESISTIBLE DEBUT NOVEL FROM ALISON ESPACH, NOW PUBLISHED IN THE UK FOR THE FIRST TIME. ''Coming-of-age with a quick wit and sharp eye'' New York Times''Outstanding. One of the funniest books I''ve read in a long time'' Wall Street Journal''A wry, devastatingly funny coming-of-age tale'' Marie Claire

“Terävä, hauska ja nautinnollinen.” – The Guardian.

Alison Espachin Hääväkeä on ilahduttavan viisas kunnianosoitus satunnaisille kohtaamisille, jotka voivat muuttaa elämän suunnan.

Phoebe Stone astelee luksushotellin aulaan yllään vihreä juhlamekko ja kultaiset korkokengät. Hän on ilman laukkua ja yksin. ”Kuulutko hääväkeen?” häneltä kysytään, ja hän pudistaa päätään.

Phoebe on saapunut hotellille toteuttaakseen pitkäaikaisen haaveensa. Mutta siinä missä hänen piti nauttia ostereita ja samppanjaa sviitissä miehensä kanssa, nyt hän on yksin, pohjalla ja vailla tulevaisuudennäkymiä. Hänellä on jäljellä vain yksi tavoite, päättää päivänsä. Mutta tielle astuu upporikas nuori morsian Lila, jonka häihin hotelli ja sen kaikki muut vieraat valmistautuvat.

Lohduttomuudessa on omanlaistaan kauneutta eikä Phoebe kaipaa seuraa, mutta miksi hän ja Lila eivät voi lopettaa toisilleen uskoutumista? Alison Espachin Hääväkeä on absurdin humoristinen ja musertavan hellä kertomus niistä mutkittelevista poluista, jotka johtavat paikkoihin, joihin emme olisi koskaan uskoneet päätyvämme.

Alison Espach (s. 1984) on yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija, joka asuu ja opettaa luovaa kirjoittamista Rhode Islandissa. Hänen romaaninsa Hääväkeä ylsi New York Timesin bestseller-listalle. Kirja on käännetty jo yli kahdellekymmenelle kielelle ja sen pohjalta on tekeillä elokuva.

“Terävä, hauska ja nautinnollinen.” – The Guardian.

Alison Espachin Hääväkeä on ilahduttavan viisas kunnianosoitus satunnaisille kohtaamisille, jotka voivat muuttaa elämän suunnan.

Phoebe Stone astelee luksushotellin aulaan yllään vihreä juhlamekko ja kultaiset korkokengät. Hän on ilman laukkua ja yksin. ”Kuulutko hääväkeen?” häneltä kysytään, ja hän pudistaa päätään.

Phoebe on saapunut hotellille toteuttaakseen pitkäaikaisen haaveensa. Mutta siinä missä hänen piti nauttia ostereita ja samppanjaa sviitissä miehensä kanssa, nyt hän on yksin, pohjalla ja vailla tulevaisuudennäkymiä. Hänellä on jäljellä vain yksi tavoite, päättää päivänsä. Mutta tielle astuu upporikas nuori morsian Lila, jonka häihin hotelli ja sen kaikki muut vieraat valmistautuvat.

Lohduttomuudessa on omanlaistaan kauneutta eikä Phoebe kaipaa seuraa, mutta miksi hän ja Lila eivät voi lopettaa toisilleen uskoutumista? Alison Espachin Hääväkeä on absurdin humoristinen ja musertavan hellä kertomus niistä mutkittelevista poluista, jotka johtavat paikkoihin, joihin emme olisi koskaan uskoneet päätyvämme.

Alison Espach (s. 1984) on yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija, joka asuu ja opettaa luovaa kirjoittamista Rhode Islandissa. Hänen romaaninsa Hääväkeä ylsi New York Timesin bestseller-listalle. Kirja on käännetty jo yli kahdellekymmenelle kielelle ja sen pohjalta on tekeillä elokuva.