genre: contemporary fiction
When Phoebe arrives at the huge and beautiful hotel in coastal Rhode Island, her goal is solitude. Unfortunately, she quickly learns that she has unexpectedly intruded on a wedding that has taken over the hotel for the week and the bride will suffer no wild cards. And so Phoebe is strangely woven into this group of strangers and the more she gets to know them, the more Phoebe gets to know herself.
I came into this story completely blind and it quickly engaged me. I liked that Phoebe is an older woman who has lived and loved and yet still has so much to learn. I found the Wedding People themselves to be both quirky and irritating in ways that felt very realistic. There is actually a lot of important ideas about the beauty of living life on your own terms and allowing yourself to see the kind of future that lies on the edges of your consciousness. It's empowering, in a way, to watch Phoebe's journey. 4. 5 stars for the way I had to walk around listening to it at the end, I wanted so much to see how Phoebe would work things out.
content; this is an adult book with adult language and topics, no graphic sex but lots of talking about sex and language
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