The Wedding People

Alison Espach

A recently divorced, deeply depressed literature professor named Phoebe checks into a luxury Newport hotel intending it to be her last night alive, only to be mistaken for a guest at the lavish, weeklong wedding taking place there. As she's pulled into the orbit of the bride, groom, and their chaotic entourage, Phoebe's plans—and her sense of who she might still become—begin to shift. It's a blend of dark humor and genuine emotional reckoning about grief, reinvention, and unlikely friendship rather than a traditional romance.