A Wedding in December

Anita Shreve · first published 2005 · ISBN 9780316024259

A group of college friends reunites for a wedding in a Connecticut mansion at Christmastime. Over the course of a weekend, old tensions resurface and new secrets spill out. One guest is dying of cancer; another is having an affair; still another has ghosts from the past that refuse to stay buried. The elegant celebration becomes a crucible in which marriages and friendships reveal their true fragility.