**A novel about what happens when an already sprawling family hosts an even larger and more chaotic wedding: an entertaining story about family, culture, memory, and community.** In the seemingly idyllic town of Rundle Junction, Bennie and Walter are preparing to host the wedding of their eldes
Strangers and Cousins
β Scribed by Leah Hager Cohen
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group; Riverhead Books
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 307 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York (Γtat
- ISBN
- 0698409647
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β¦ Synopsis
"A perfect summer novel: funny and tender but also provocative and wise. . . One of the most hopeful and insightful novels I've read in years."-Ron Charles, The Washington Post
"Serious yet joyous comedy, reminiscent of the Pultizer-winning Less" - Out Magazine
A novel about what happens when an already sprawling family hosts an even larger and more chaotic wedding: an entertaining story about family, culture, memory, and community.
In the seemingly idyllic town of Rundle Junction, Bennie and Walter are preparing to host the wedding of their eldest daughter Clem. A marriage ceremony at their beloved, rambling home should be the happiest of occasions, but Walter and Bennie have a secret. A new community has moved to Rundle Junction, threatening the social order and forcing Bennie and Walter to confront uncomfortable truths about the lengths they would go to to maintain harmony.
Meanwhile, Aunt...
β¦ Subjects
New York (Γtat) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
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