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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For fans of The Wedding People -- [b]note:  spoilers ahea[/b]

I'm the PP who picked this as my runner-up book of the year.  I really liked Phoebe, plus I'm a sucker for the New England coastal wedding trope.  But I'm still not sure I buy into the idea that she was just drifting through life aimlessly, living a life "contained", and that this led her to seriously consider suicide.  Yes, of course, she hit a horrible trifecta of infertility, the pandemic, and Matt's infidelity, but there just seemed to be a disconnect between who she was before all that happened and who she was when we first encounter her checking into the Cornwall.  Espach wants us to see Phoebe as someone who becomes aware of her needs and her power to take action to try to meet those needs.  But does she?  I mean, she decides to stay in RI and responds to the ad about being a winter keeper.  But at a pivotal moment she doesn't reach out to Gary until it's almost too late.  What am I missing?        [/quote]

I read the wedding people earlier this year.  The main character's "contained" life reminded me of how I felt for a few months after we were all allowed to resume socializing after two years of quarantine for the pandemic.  For me,  felt kind of weird to talk to other people, and I felt like I had lost some skills when it came to socializing with other people.  Until that point I had never thought that talking to strangers (or friends, or family) was something you had to learn how to do.  
So yeah, I could relate to that feeling of having been contained for a couple years. [/quote]

Sorry — I’m just seeing this response now.  I see what you’re saying and that does help me understand the character a little better.  I really did enjoy the book and I find myself thinking of Phoebe sometimes and seeing her in others — and occasionally myself.  :)[/quote]

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