Maggie Shipstead: Seating Arrangements (2012, HarperCollins Publishers Limited)
English language
Published Jan. 14, 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers Limited.
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.
Really hated that it had to end. Glad I wasn't born into a striving, hide-bound, traditional family in Boston.
