Destination: Wedding Kindle Edition

Where to put a woman who isn’t partnered, mother, careerist, or one of those hybrids who ‘have it all’? Violet often finds herself to be problematic to others despite her own contentment. Conversations with friends of mixed relationship status, pupils reared in society's familial image, her grandchild-broody mother force Violet regularly to question her way of life. Weddings prove the most trying since the absence of a wedding stamp in Violet’s passport prevents her from travelling through life uninterrogated. When participation as attendee is trial enough, as bridesmaid it is near traumatic. Violet is plunged into the lavish interior world of weddings as well as expired friendships. From brunches to competitive fittings to the distended day itself, she clashes with the prickly bride, Kitty, and co-bridesmaid and narcissist actress, Bel, whose starring role to date is a pouting corpse. Her best-friend, Fi, just about keeps Violet in check. Violet recounts her efforts to steer a steady course as a woman, friend, daughter, teacher, and bridesmaid over this testing age of early-thirties with a voice that’s acerbic, funny, and honest. Read more