{"product_id":"the-world-is-a-wedding-wendy-jones-9781609452674","title":"The World Is a Wedding","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe sequel to \u003ci\u003eThe Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price Purveyor of Superior Funerals\u003c\/i\u003e: \"It was a pleasant delight to be invited back into this world\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Bookbag\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in 1926, two years after the end of \u003ci\u003eThe Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price Purveyor of Superior Funerals\u003c\/i\u003e, Wendy Jones's \u003cem\u003eThe World Is a Wedding\u003c\/em\u003e finds Wilfred Price married to Flora Myffanwy and trying to be the perfect husband. His efforts only intensify when he learns that Flora is expecting. But something doesn't feel right to Flora: she doesn't feel at home.\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, Grace (to whom Wilfred was very briefly married before he met Flora) has fled Narberth for London, trying to escape what has happened to her and the secret she carries because of it. But secrets are not so easily escaped--and Grace's will affect Wilfred and Flora, too. \u003cbr\u003eA sophisticated comedy of manners, \u003cem\u003eThe World Is a Wedding\u003c\/em\u003e captures life in a small town in Wales and explores the complexities of marriage, motherhood, and masculinity and femininity with equal wit and insight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sometimes it's just really nice to find a book that is well-written, straightforward and tells a relatively simple story . . . There are touches of Dylan Thomas in the villagers' characters, with their whispered gossip and nightly drunkenness, but they're not a bad lot. Naturally, there's some tragedy and some joy, and good things that come out of bad situations. Thoroughly enjoyable.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The book is humorous throughout, often hilariously funny.\"--\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wendy Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609452674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609452674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2015 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2015 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/22\/2015 pg. 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/12\/2015","brand":"Wendy Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938749251839,"sku":"9781609452674","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_eea85fb1-9673-4b9a-ab94-d077e45ebd79.jpg?v=1681437507","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-is-a-wedding-wendy-jones-9781609452674","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}