July 30, 2024
Alison Espach, MFA ’07, professor and novelist
The Wedding People, the latest book by writing professor Alison Espach ’07, is a top novel of the summer.
Described as “a propulsive and uncommonly wise novel,” the book is generating literary buzz for Espach, associate professor of English at Providence College. From a Today Show #ReadwithJenna nod to “Best Book of the Summer” accolades from People magazine, Goodreads, and others, Espach’s latest is lauded as a go-to beach read. She received a $6,500 grant from the college’s Committee to Aid Faculty Research to support this novel. Her previous works include Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance, an Indie Next Pick and Amazon Editors’ Pick for 2022, and The Adults, a New York Times Editor’s Choice and Barnes and Noble Discover pick.
More Alison Espach News
- “Author Alison Espach on writing, teaching in R.I., and why her latest novel, ‘The Wedding People,’ takes place in Newport” in the Boston Globe
- Readers voted for The Wedding People as the top fiction book in the Goodreads Choice Awards 2024
- “Beach Reads That Stand Up to Sand, Salt and SPF” from the The New York Times.
- “Jenna Bush Hager says ‘you’re going to love’ her August 2024 pick” from Today.
- Alison Espach ’07 makes it on “Amazon Books’ editorial director on top picks to toss into your beach bag” by CBS News.
- “PEOPLE’s Most-Anticipated Summer Books: Best Beach Reads, Thrillers, Fiction, YA and More”
- “TriStar Preemptively Acquires Rights To Novel ‘The Wedding People’ For Will Speck And Josh Gordon To Direct, Nicole Holofcener To Adapt”
- The Wedding People makes it on Barnes & Noble’s Book Club selection for August.
- The Wedding People chosen as one of Book of the Month’s August selections.
- Alison Espach talks The Wedding People, takes fan questions.
- Bestselling book The Wedding People set in Newport.
