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Maggie Shipstead

201210 pagesabout 10–15 minutes
2012
first published
  • 2012Blue Door · ENGISBN 9780007425211
  • 2012Clipper Large Print · ENGISBN 9781471201783
  • 2012Alfred A. Knopf · ENGISBN 9780307599469
  • 2012HarperCollins Publishers Limited · ENGISBN 9780007425235
  • 2012Beechurst Designs · ENGISBN 9780007425228
  • 2013Blue Door · 418 pages · ENGISBN 9780007467730
  • 2012Random House Audio · 10 pagesISBN 9780449008775
  • 2013Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 320 pagesISBN 9780307743954

Two days before a father gives his daughter away in an all-American east coast wedding. Two days for a seemingly safe world of wealth and privilege to unravel. 59-year-old patriarch Winn Van Meter is heading for his family's retreat on the pristine New England island of Waskeke. Normally a haven of calm, for the next three days this sanctuary will be overrun with relatives and friends as Winn prepares to marry off his daughter Daphne to Greyson Duff. Winn has never really understood his daughters. Daphne is pleased to be settling down with a fine match, even though she's heavily pregnant at her own wedding. Her sister Livia has foolishly allowed her heart to be broken by Teddy Fenn, the son of her father's oldest social rival.

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