Alison Espach

The smash-hit international bestsellerA Read With Jenna book club pickWinner of the Goodreads Choice Award for FictionBest read of the year THE TIMESBooks as fun as this one are few and far between GUARDIANSharp, funny and a joy to read OBSERVERPhoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel in Rhode Island wearing her best dress and least comfortable shoes. Immediately she is mistaken for one of the wedding people but shes actually the only guest at the Cornwall Inn who isnt here for the big event. When the bride discovers her elaborate destination wedding could be ruined by a divorced and depressed stranger, she is furious. Lila has spent months accounting for every detail and every possible disaster except for, well, Phoebe . . . Soon, both women find their best-laid plans derailed and an unlikely confidante in one another. Hilarious and moving, The Wedding People is an irresistible novel about love, friendship, dysfunctional families, and the unexpected paths that lead to happiness.My book of the summer. As soon as Id finished it, I wanted to read it all over again RED Laugh-out-loud funny and surprisingly moving INDEPENDENTSo funny and romantic . . . A perfect novel CATHERINE NEWMANGlorious . . . made me wish I had written it JOJO MOYESUtterly charming . . . I loved it PANDORA SYKESOne of the few weddings Ive attended that I didnt want to end SAMUEL BURR

Un día precioso en Newport, Rhode Island, Phoebe Stone llega sola al majestuoso hotel Cornwall Inn, lleva puesto su vestido verde esmeralda, sus tacones dorados y no trae consigo ningún equipaje. Todos en el vestibulo piensan inmediatamente que es una invitada mas a la boda, pero en realidad es la unica huesped que no esta alli para ese evento. Phoebe ha ido al hotel porque durante años soño con compartir ese viaje con su marido, pero ahora esta sola, tocando fondo y decidida a darse un ultimo homenaje por todo lo alto. Mientras tanto, la novia ha previsto cada detalle y cada posible desastre que pudiera depararle este i fin de semana, excepto una cosa: Phoebe y el plan de Phoebe. Sin embargo, contra todo pronostico, las dos mujeres se ven dispuestas a compartir sus secretos mas intimos desde el mismo instante en que se conocen. Con momentos que van desde lo absurdamente comico hasta lo desgarradoramente tierno, No estas en la lista de Alison Espach es una mirada matizada y conmovedora sobre los caminos sinuosos que podemos tomar hacia lugares que nunca imaginamos y sobre los encuentros fortuitos que a veces son necesarios para desviarnos.

The smash-hit international bestseller A Read With Jenna book club pick Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for FictionBest read of the yearTHE TIMESBooks as fun as this one are few and far betweenGUARDIANSharp, funny and a joy to readOBSERVERPhoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel in Rhode Island wearing her best dress and least comfortable shoes. Immediately she is mistaken for one of the wedding people - but shes actually the only guest at the Cornwall Inn who isnt here for the big event. When the bride discovers her elaborate destination wedding could be ruined by a divorced and depressed stranger, she is furious. Lila has spent months accounting for every detail and every possible disaster - except for, well, Phoebe . . . Soon, both women find their best-laid plans derailed and an unlikely confidante in one another. Hilarious and moving, The Wedding People is an irresistible novel about love, friendship, dysfunctional families, and the unexpected paths that lead to happiness.As soon as Id finished it, I wanted to read it all over againREDLaugh-out-loud funny and surprisingly movingINDEPENDENTSo funny and romantic . . . A perfect novel CATHERINE NEWMANGlorious . . . made me wish I had written it JOJO MOYESUtterly charming . . . I loved it PANDORA SYKESOne of the few weddings Ive attended that I didnt want to end SAMUEL BURR

Un día precioso en Newport, Rhode Island, Phoebe Stone llega sola al majestuoso hotel Cornwall Inn, lleva puesto su vestido verde esmeralda, sus tacones dorados y no trae consigo ningún equipaje. Todos en el vestibulo piensan inmediatamente que es una invitada mas a la boda, pero en realidad es la unica huesped que no esta alli para ese evento. Phoebe ha ido al hotel porque durante años soño con compartir ese viaje con su marido, pero ahora esta sola, tocando fondo y decidida a darse un ultimo homenaje por todo lo alto.Mientras tanto, la novia ha previsto cada detalle y cada posible desastre que pudiera depararle este fin de semana, excepto una cosa: Phoebe y el plan de Phoebe. Sin embargo, contra todo pronostico, las dos mujeres se ven dispuestas a compartir sus secretos mas intimos desde el mismo instante en que se conocen.Con momentos que van desde lo absurdamente comico hasta lo desgarradoramente tierno, No estas en la lista de Alison Espach es una mirada matizada y conmovedora sobre los caminos sinuosos que podemos tomar hacia lugares que nunca imaginamos y sobre los encuentros fortuitos que a veces son necesarios para desviarnos.

Alison Espach, acclaimed author of The Adults, brings her razor sharp insight and storytelling magic to bear in this entrancing tale.

From the author of the Read with Jenna pick The Wedding People, a ruefully funny debut novel that deftly dissects matters of the heart and captures the lives of children and adults as they come to terms with life, death, and love.At the center of this affluent suburban universe is Emily Vidal, a smart and snarky teenager, who gets involved in a dangerous relationship. Among the cast of unforgettable characters is Emilys father, whose fiftieth birthday party has the adults descending upon the Vidals patio; her mother, who has orchestrated the elaborate party even though she and her husband are getting a divorce; and an assortment of eccentric neighbors, high school teachers, and teenagers who teem with anxiety and an unbridled desire to be noticed, and ultimately loved.An irresistible chronicle of a young womans struggle to grow up, The Adults lays bare a world where an adult and a child can so dangerously be mistaken for the same thing.

The 2 New York Times bestseller The August 2024 Read With Jenna book club pick UTTERLY CHARMING PANDORA SYKES WICKEDLY FUNNY JENNY JACKSON A PERFECT NOVEL CATHERINE NEWMAN THE BEST READ OF THE YEAR SO FAR THE TIMES It s a beautiful day in Newport Rhode Island when Phoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel wearing her best dress and least comfortable shoes Immediately she is mistaken for one of the wedding people but she s actually the only guest at the Cornwall Inn who isn t here for the big event Phoebe has dreamed of coming here for years She hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband but now she is divorced and depressed and not sure how to go on She s not been sure how to do anything lately except climb into bed and drink gin and tonics and listen to the sound of the refrigerator making ice When the bride discovers her elaborate destination wedding could be ruined by this sad stranger she is furious She has spent months accounting for every detail and every possible disaster except for well Phoebe Soon both women find their best laid plans derailed and an unlikely confidante in one another Uproariously funny and devastatingly tender The Wedding People is an irresistible novel about love frien

FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE WEDDING PEOPLESally Holt has always been mystified by the things her older sister, Kathy, seems to have been born knowing. Kathy has answers for all of Sallys questions about life, about love and about Billy Barnes, the high school basketball star who runs the refreshment stand at the local pool. Billys unfathomable, otherworldly cool puts him on a different planet - until a tragedy leaves Sallys 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 a dazzlingly unconventional love story that brims with unexpected moments of joy.THE ACCLAIMED SECOND NOVEL FROM ALISON ESPACH, NOW PUBLISHED IN THE UK FOR THE FIRST TIME.Heartbreaking and funny, often in the same sentenceClaire LombardoAn immensely talented writer . . . deeply moving, always excellentEmily St. John MandelTender, eloquent and wise, this is an intensely beautiful book by a supremely gifted writerKaren Thompson WalkerUnputdownable, insightful, funny and emotionally profoundRufi ThorpeThis is truly a novel like no otherJoanna Rakoff

« L’hôtel est exactement comme l’espérait Phoebe. Dressé au bord de la falaise, il semble l’attendre patiemment. Elle ne voit pas l’océan derrière l’édifice, mais elle sait qu’il est là, de la même f

Em uma bela manhã de verão, Phoebe Stone resolve se hospedar na Pousada Cornwall. Logo é confundida com os outros hóspedes do hotel, convidados de um casamento particular. A noiva, que passou um ano

The 2 New York Times bestseller The August 2024 Read With Jenna book club pick UTTERLY CHARMING PANDORA SYKES WICKEDLY FUNNY JENNY JACKSON A PERFECT NOVEL CATHERINE NEWMAN THE BEST READ OF THE YEAR SO FAR THE TIMES It s a beautiful day in Newport Rhode Island when Phoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel wearing her best dress and least comfortable shoes Immediately she is mistaken for one of the wedding people but she s actually the only guest at the Cornwall Inn who isn t here for the big event Phoebe has dreamed of coming here for years She hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband but now she is divorced and depressed and not sure how to go on She s not been sure how to do anything lately except climb into bed and drink gin and tonics and listen to the sound of the refrigerator making ice When the bride discovers her elaborate destination wedding could be ruined by this sad stranger she is furious She has spent months accounting for every detail and every possible disaster except for well Phoebe Soon both women find their best laid plans derailed and an unlikely confidante in one another Uproariously funny and devastatingly tender The Wedding People is an irresistible novel about love frien