Seating Arrangements Seating Arrangements

Seating Arrangements

    • 3.4 • 396 Ratings
    • $6.99
    • $6.99

Publisher Description

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize The irresistible story of a summer New England wedding weekend gone awry—a deliciously biting satirical glimpse into the lives of the well-bred and ill-behaved, from the New York Times bestselling author of Great Circle.

The Van Meters have gathered at their family retreat on the island of Waskeke to celebrate the marriage of daughter Daphne—seven months pregnant—to the impeccably appropriate Greyson Duff. The weekend is full of champagne, salt air and practiced bonhomie, but long-buried discontent and simmering lust stir beneath the surface.

Winn Van Meter, father of the bride, is not having a good time. Barred from the exclusive social club he’s been eyeing since birth, he’s also tormented by an inappropriate crush on Daphne’s beguiling bridesmaid, Agatha, and the fear that his daughter, Livia—recently heartbroken by the son of his greatest rival—is a too-ready target for the wiles of Greyson’s best man. When old resentments, a beached whale and an escaped lobster are added to the mix, the wedding that should have gone off with military precision threatens to become a spectacle of misbehavior.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2012
June 12
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
8.7
MB

Customer Reviews

Papillion727 ,

Unfinished

So many characters with much written about the turmoil in their lives. It was like reading a soap opera. Then it ends. Some critics believe this author is brilliant, but I am glad I didn't pay full price.

Suzette23 ,

Seating arrangements

A tedious book that suddenly ends leaving lots of loose ends. Characters are confusing in their relationships with each other and as a whole, are difficult to like. Save your money

DGYMOM ,

Disappointed

I wanted to like the book, but in so many ways it fell flat. There were sections that went on forever and I got bored. I skipped over a lot of unnecessary dialogue that really never got to the heart of what the characters were about. The author tried to focus on too many characters which made it confusing and diluted the importance of everyone except Winn, who was truly a pathetic man.

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