Amanda's Wedding

Name: Amanda's Wedding
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Jenny Colgan
ISBN: 9781423339953

Author: Jenny Colgan

Narrator: Tanya Eby

Unabridged: 8 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 09/08/2008

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

A Riotously Funny Story of Love, Life . . . and the Fine Art of Sabotage Meet Melanie and Fran - two charmingly wisecracking young Londoners who simply can't believe it when their old schoolfriend Amanda, Satan's own PR agent, manages to get herself hitched to a laird (Scottish for lord). Who cares that Fraser McConnel has worn the same ratty Converse sneakers for years and that his castle is really a pile of rubble? All the social-climbing queen of preen cares about is the title she'll soon have. She's got Fraser by the nuptials, and she has no intention of letting go. Gentle, decent Fraser is completely innocent to Amanda's wiles, so Mel and Fran, still smarting from Amanda's evil misdeeds years ago in school, join forces with Fraser's adorable younger brother Angus to sabotage the mismatch of the century. Mel's got her hands, and her heart, full between fighting off the attentions of a love-crazed accountant, dealing with her ne'er-do-well rock star wannabe boyfriend, keeping Fran's deadly maneuvers with the opposite sex under control, consuming large quantities of alcohol, and tossing out hysterical barbs that would make Oscar Wilde proud.

About Jenny Colgan

Jenny Colgan, a former journalist, used her stint as a stand-up comedian to perfect her material for this book. She recently completed her second novel, Talking to Addison.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lynsey on August 29, 2013

I don't know what people think they're getting into upon picking up this book, but it's crap. To be honest. However, delicious-nummy-nummy crap, it is. It's stupid, it's stereotypical with it's plot arc and character choices blahblahblahblah What's that? It's fun and you don't have to think? I'm prett......more

Goodreads review by Razvan on May 21, 2023

Two books in one... The first half is adorable, humor is in almost every phrase, together with a scent of self-irony. The second half is more diluted, Mrs. Colgan getting tired (perhaps...) to double every second or third sentence with a joyful cover, you realize that there is not so much action and......more

Goodreads review by Mary on February 17, 2018

This is Ms. Colgan's first novel and I'm glad I read the later ones first. If I had read this one first, I probably would not have picked up the others. I recommend the Beach Street Bakery and the Cupcake Cafe books, but you can skip this one.......more

Goodreads review by Meri on April 18, 2018

My advice: If you want to read books of Jenny Colgan, so, first read this book, then her books about Cupcake Cafe... I just can not give to this book better evaluation, after reading that two books... sorry :(......more

Goodreads review by Kris (My Novelesque Life) on July 28, 2019

RATING: 4 STARS 1999 (Reissued in 2018); Willam Morrow Paperbacks/HarperCollins Canada Please note that this novel was first published in 1999, and was reissued in 2018. I am not sure if, or how much of, the novel was edited or changed. As far as I can remember, in this book, cell phones did not seem......more