The Wedding People: A Novel Jean Rhys Louisa and her father take

Louisa and her father take a walk on the beach

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The Wedding People: A Novel Jean Rhys Louisa and her father takeIts a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. Shes immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but shes actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isnt here for the big event. Phoebe is here because shes dreamed of coming for yearsshe hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only