Each month, Books & Booze spotlights a new title that sparks fresh perspective and meaningful conversation.
From bold nonfiction to culturally rish fiction, our picks are chosen to challenge, inspire, and connect us through dialogue.
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
In The Wedding People, Alison Espach explores what it means to find yourself in the middle of someone else’s story.
Set against the backdrop of a wedding, the novel follows an unexpected guest navigating questions of identity, belonging, and self-worth. Through sharp observation and understated humor, it captures the quiet tensions between independence and connection, and the roles we take on in other people’s lives.
Both intimate and reflective, the book invites us to reconsider where we stand, what we’re holding onto, and what it means to truly move forward.