Contemporary · Free kit
The Wedding People
Phoebe Stone checks into a grand Newport hotel in a green dress and no luggage, planning one last night. The Cornwall Inn is already packed with Lila and Gary's week-long wedding, and the bride is not about to let a stranger's crisis wreck the itinerary. Espach's novel is darkly funny and unexpectedly tender: a story about the performance of a perfect wedding, the outsider who crashes it, and the strange mercy of being honest with someone who was never supposed to know you.
“There is no such thing as a happy place. Because when you are happy, everywhere is a happy place. And when you are sad, everywhere is a sad place.”
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The Wedding People Printables
Get the full printable pack on Etsy, or print individual pages from Bingo, Discussion Questions, and Hosting.
Green-dress and inn sticker sheet
Die-cut stickers inspired by a green dress, a hotel key, a sailboat, a welcome basket, and a tiny virtual pet — for journals or meeting favors.
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Favorite quote cards
Blank cards for the line that stayed: the happy-place paragraph, the story that is beautiful because of how it is written, or whatever your group underlined.
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Character superlatives ballot
Vote Phoebe vs. Lila vs. Gary in categories that will start arguments, then tally out loud.
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Book club invite
Printable invite with the kit's hook, the miracle-or-delay question, and meeting details.
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Review sheet
Likes/dislikes for the wedding-week structure, the cast, the ending's hope, and humor-to-tear ratio.
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