The People We Hate at the Wedding

"Family dysfunction at its best. This novel is addicting and entertaining and I couldn't put it down!" - Jennifer Close|New York Times bestselling author of Girls in White Dresses and The Hopefuls Relationships are awful. They'll kill you|right up to the point where they start saving your life. Paul and Alice’s half-sister Eloise is getting married! In London! There will be fancy hotels|dinners at “it” restaurants and a reception at a country estate complete with tea lights and embroidered cloth napkins. They couldn’t hate it more. The People We Hate at the Wedding is the story of a less than perfect family. Donna|the clan’s mother|is now a widow living in the Chicago suburbs with a penchant for the occasional joint and more than one glass of wine with her best friend while watching House Hunters International. Alice is in her thirties|single|smart|beautiful|stuck in a dead-end job where she is mired in a rather predictable|though enjoyable|affair with her married boss. Her brother Paul lives in Philadelphia with his older|handsomer|tenured track professor boyfriend who’s recently been saying things like “monogamy is an oppressive heteronormative construct,” while eyeing undergrads. And then there’s Eloise. Perfect|gorgeous|cultured Eloise. The product of Donna’s first marriage to a dashing Frenchman|Eloise has spent her school years at the best private boarding schools|her winter holidays in St. John and a post-college life cushioned by a fat|endless trust fund. To top it off|she’s infuriatingly kind and decent. As this estranged clan gathers together|and Eloise's walk down the aisle approaches|Grant Ginder brings to vivid|hilarious life the power of family|and the complicated ways we hate the ones we love the most in the most bitingly funny|slyly witty and surprisingly tender audiobook you’ll listen to this year.