The one person who is missing is Stephen, a talented athlete and popular student who died tragically twenty-seven years ago.Ī Wedding in December gives us a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of Harrison, Agnes, and Bridget. The wedding guests include Harrison, who has always carried a torch for Nora, Jerry, a Wall Street banker and a bit of a blowhard, Agnes, a single woman with a secret, and Rob, a world-renowned concert pianist. The hostess is Nora, a widow who has converted her home in the Berkshires into a fashionable and successful inn. Coming together to celebrate this occasion are some of the bride and groom's former classmates from their years at Kidd Academy in Maine back in the seventies. Bridget is battling breast cancer, and this wedding is a testament to the couple's fervent hope that Bridget will somehow be able to beat the odds. This time, Shreve focuses on the wedding of Bridget and Bill, a pair of high school sweethearts who rediscover one another after spending many years apart. With her new book, A Wedding in December, Anita Shreve once again demonstrates her skill at exploring the depths of love, heartache, guilt, and despair.
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