{"product_id":"the-people-we-hate-at-the-wedding-9781399711005","title":"The People We Hate at the Wedding","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Wickedly smart and shamelessly funny\u003ci\u003e''  \u003c\/i\u003eKevin Kwan, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCrazy Rich Asians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Sinfully good'' Elin Hilderbrand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRelationships are awful. They''ll kill you, right up to the point where they start saving your life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey couldn''t hate it more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe product of their mother''s first marriage to a dashing Frenchman, Eloise has everything Paul and Alice have ever wanted: a seemingly endless trust fund, model good looks, an international life of luxury and their mother''s unconditional love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, Alice is in her thirties, stuck in a dead-end job and mired in a rather predictable, though enjoyable, affair with her married boss, and Paul, who still isn''t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWickedly smart and shamelessly funny. Grant Ginder brilliantly captures privileged Brits clashing against semi-privileged Americans in the most hilariously cringeworthy ways. Cluelessly self-absorbed, appallingly outrageous, and so very endearing, these are characters I hope to be seated with at the next wedding I attend\u003c\/b\u003e * Kevin Kwan, New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians *\u003cbr\u003eDon't be fooled by the superbly sardonic title - Grant Ginder's subject is not hate at all: it's love. Ginder expertly and hilariously shows us that real love (whether romantic or fraternal, parental or filial) is always a most complicated matter * Rumaan Alam, author of Rich and Pretty *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFact: best title of any novel ever. This story about a dysfunctional blended family and a wedding in England is sinfully good\u003c\/b\u003e * Elin Hilderbrand *\u003cbr\u003eGinder takes family dysfunction to its hysterical limit in this joyously ribald, sharply cynical, and impossible-to-put-down examination of love and loyalty * Publishers Weekly, Starred Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWitty and completely absorbing, \u003ci\u003eThe People We Hate at the Wedding \u003c\/i\u003eis family dysfunction at its best - full of heart, humor, and jealous siblings. This novel is addicting and entertaining and I couldn't put it down!\u003c\/b\u003e * Jennifer Close, New York Times bestselling author of Girls in White Dresses and The Hopefuls *\u003cbr\u003eGrant Ginder's smart, funny novel is madly insightful and contains some of the most delightfully difficult and fabulously flawed characters I've encountered in a long time * Stephen McCauley, bestselling author of The Object of My Affection *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGinder's latest is a fascinating exploration of family dynamics and the complex way we interact with those who know us best\u003c\/b\u003e * Booklist, Starred Review *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738915975511,"sku":"9781399711005","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-people-we-hate-at-the-wedding-9781399711005","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}