{"product_id":"9781402294914","title":"A Wedding on the Banks: A Novel","description":"Another bawdy, poetic, crazy quilt of a book...\"-\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmy Joy Lawler\u003c\/strong\u003e, the last of Mattagash, Maine's founding clan, j\u003cstrong\u003eust announced her engagement to Jean Claude Cloutier-an outsider\u003c\/strong\u003e! Now the typically tranquil backcountry town is buzzing with the news and everyone is gleefully anticipating the social event of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As the guests roll in, Amy Joy's scandalized mother takes to bed in protest, the no-good Giffords plot to steal the wedding gifts and hubcaps, and motel owner Albert Pinkham devises new schemes to fill his cash register.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Meanwhile, on hearing the news, \u003cstrong\u003eAmy Joy's aunt downstate plots to return to Mattagash\u003c\/strong\u003e for good against her husband's wishes, while her son carries on an affair with an Elizabeth Taylor look-alike behind the back of his Valium-addicted wife.\u003cbr\u003eWhen this volatile assortment gathers in church on the big day,\u003cstrong\u003e hilarious and wacky results ensue\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAt once funny, insightful, and heartbreaking\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Wedding on the Banks\u003c\/em\u003e is a perfect for fans of \u003cem\u003eOlive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Language of Flowers (Vanessa Diffenbaugh)\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Good House\u003c\/em\u003e (Ann Leary) who will fall in love with Mattagash and its people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMore from Mattagash, Maine:\u003cbr\u003e The Funeral Makers (Book 1):\u003c\/strong\u003e Mattagash, Maine: a quiet town rocked by scandal, seduction, mayhem, blackmail, and the only recorded case of beriberi on the entire North American continent!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWedding on the Banks (Book 2)\u003cbr\u003e The Weight of Winter (Book 3): \u003c\/strong\u003eSurviving the winter will be hard; dealing with each other is another story.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe One-Way Bridge (Book 4): \u003c\/strong\u003eReturn to Mattagash-the anything but tranquil town where a mysterious dead body has just been found in the woods.\u003c\/p\u003eWhat readers are saying about A Wedding on the Banks\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003ea\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eriot\u003c\/strong\u003e, so very funny and also sad.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"This book \u003cstrong\u003ecombines humor and true heartbreak \u003c\/strong\u003ein ways that few authors are capable of.\"\u003c\/p\u003eWhat reviewers are saying about A Wedding on the Banks\u003cp\u003e\"When these folks get together, the resulting mix of zany comedy, pathos, and sense of place makes worthwhile reading.\"-Library Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \"\u003c\/strong\u003eAs downright \u003cstrong\u003eknee-slapping, laugh-out-loud\u003c\/strong\u003e a novel as I've read.\"-Washington Post Book Review\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A hilarious, high-spirited, \u003cstrong\u003eit's-great-to-be-alive hoot of a novel\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"-Newsday\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A \u003cstrong\u003egenerous\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003egenuine\u003c\/strong\u003e entertainment.\"-New Yorker\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat people are saying about Cathie Pelletier \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003eCathie Pelletier generates the sort of \u003cstrong\u003eexcitement\u003c\/strong\u003e that only writers at the very top of their form can provide.\"-Stephen King\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003eNobody walks the knife-edge of \u003cstrong\u003ehilarity and heartbreak\u003c\/strong\u003e more confidently than Cathie Pelletier.\"— Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"It is Pelletier's gift to be able to coax the drama from stony ground without artifice or sentimentality.\"-Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cstrong\u003eAn ambitious, fearless novelist\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"-The Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Cathie does a wonderful job of capturing [her characters'] moods and loves and losses, and yearnings...\u003cstrong\u003eHer writing is lovely and so descriptive\u003c\/strong\u003e\"— Annie Philbrick, Bank Square Books, Mystic, CT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Sharp stuff...Her sentences are powerful and\u003cstrong\u003e unique as snowflakes\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"-New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sourcebooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137893089520,"sku":"9781402294914","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781402294914_p0.jpg?v=1763715011","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781402294914","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}