"I just finished The Happy Couple and I loved it - an extremely funny examination of modern love, with depth, bite and poignancy. As the wedding approaches and these five lives intersect, each character will find themselves looking for a path to their happily ever after - but does it lie at the end of an aisle? In her wry, sprightly, and unmistakable voice, Naoise Dolan makes the marriage plot entirely her own in a sparkling ensemble novel that is both ferociously clever and supremely enjoyable. And Vivian (a wedding guest) is the only one with any emotional distance, and observes her friends like ants in a colony. Phoebe (the bridesmaid and Celine’s sister) just wants to get to the bottom of Luke’s frequent unexplained disappearances. Archie (the best man) should be moving on from his love for Luke and up the corporate ladder, but he finds himself utterly stuck. Luke (a serial cheater) and Celine (more interested in piano than domestic life) plan to marry in a year. For all intents and purposes, the happy couple. An intimate, sharply funny novel about a couple heading toward their wedding, and the three friends who may draw them apart Meet Celine and Luke.
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