The Happy Couple -- Naoise Dolan, Hardcover

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An intimate, sharply funny novel about a couple heading toward their wedding, and the three friends who may draw them apart

Meet Celine and Luke. For all intents and purposes, the happy couple.

Luke (a serial cheater) and Celine (more inter-ested in piano than domestic life) plan to marry in a year.

Archie (the best man) should be moving on from his love for Luke and up the corporate ladder, but he finds himself utterly stuck.

Phoebe (the bridesmaid and Celine's sister) just wants to get to the bottom of Luke's frequent unexplained disappearances.

And Vivian (a wedding guest) is the only one with any emotional distance and observes her friends like ants in a colony.

As the wedding approaches and their five lives intersect, these characters will each look for a path to the happily ever after--but does it lie at the end of an aisle?

In her wry, sprightly, and unmistakable voice, Naoise Dolan makes the marriage plot entirely her own in a sparkling ensemble novel that is both ferociously clever and supremely enjoyable.

Author: Naoise Dolan
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 11/07/2023
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780063330467

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/2023 pg. 8
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2023
Publishers Weekly 08/28/2023
Booklist 10/01/2023 pg. 24
BookPage 11/01/2023