Big Gay Wedding, Byron Lane
Big Gay Wedding, Byron Lane
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Big Gay Wedding
A Novel

Author: Byron Lane

Narrator: Noah Galvin

Unabridged: 10 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/30/2023

Synopsis

This program is read by Noah Galvin, who starred in The Good Doctor, Dear Evan Hansen, The Real O'Neals, and Booksmart.

An unashamedly proud, loud, and hilarious novel about a small town that’s forever changed by a big gay wedding, perfect for fans of Red, White & Royal Blue and The Guncle

Two grooms. One mother of a problem.

Barnett Durang has a secret. No, not THAT secret. His widowed mother has long known he’s gay. The secret is Barnett is getting married. At his mother’s farm. In their small Louisiana town. She just doesn’t know it yet.

It’ll be an intimate affair. Just two hundred or so of the most fabulous folks Barnett is shipping in from the “heathen coasts,” as Mom likes to call them, turning her quiet rescue farm for misfit animals into a most unlikely wedding venue.

But there are forces, both within this modern new family and in the town itself, that really don’t want to see this handsome couple march down the aisle. It’ll be the biggest, gayest event in the town’s history if they can pull it off, and after a glitter-filled week, nothing will ever be the same. Big Gay Wedding is an uplifting audiobook about the power of family and the unconditional love of a mother for her son.

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.

About Byron Lane

Byron Lane is the author of A Star Is Bored, hailed by the New York Times Book Review as “wildly funny and irreverent.” He’s a playwright, screenwriter, Emmy Award–winning journalist, and former assistant to actress Carrie Fisher. He’s originally from New Orleans and lives in Palm Springs, California, with his husband, author Steven Rowley, and their rescue dogs, Raindrop and Shirley.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mai on July 17, 2024

I am bawling. It has been quite some time since I've cried this hard reading something, and even longer still that I finished a book in a day. I felt a whole range of emotions while reading this, including anger, happiness, and sadness. This book isn't about being gay. It's about love. While the titl......more

Goodreads review by Jordan (Jordy’s Book Club) on April 27, 2023

QUICK TAKE: it's basically SCHITT'S CREEK meets IN & OUT (hooray for an early 90s Kevin Kline movie reference), and it's adorable. Heartwarming and full of humor, I really enjoyed the read. It doesn't reinvent the wheel, and I might have found myself empathizing with the mom whose gay kid really rus......more

Goodreads review by Karen on December 14, 2024

First… This book has been named one of Shondaland and Town & Country’s best books of May 2023, one of Lambda Literary’s most anticipated LGBTQIA+ books and Cosmopolitan’s Best books of 2023. Second… This author has an interesting resume. He is an author, playwright and screenwriter. His debut novel, “A......more

Goodreads review by Marieke on May 30, 2023

A son living in LA, his ‘Being Gay for Dummies’ book burned by his dad in junior year. A mom who’s never acknowledged her son’s sexuality, hoping the same son will return home. Forever. Then the son announces he’s getting married. To a man. Big Gay Wedding is a story you start reading and don’t reall......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on June 09, 2023

Why did we spend 20 pages talking about a sheep? Look, this book wasn't the worst book I've read, but it was very much not what was promised. It was described as a comedy and like "Schitt's Creek." The only thing "Schitt's Creek"-like was the fact that there was a gay son. I also didn't find a lot of......more

Quotes

Named one of a Zibby Owen's Most Anticipated Spring and Summer Books

“My heart grew three sizes reading Big Gay Wedding. This charming book had me snorting unattractively, laughing uncontrollably, and ugly crying in between. A poignant delight from start to finish. Read it, damn it! Just read it!”
—Bianca Marais, bestselling author of The Witches of Moonshyne Manor

“Big Gay Wedding is a quirky family story packed with hilarious and tender moments. Lovers of Schitt’s Creek will delight in Byron Lane’s cast of lovable misfits as they band together to plan a big gay wedding, the first in a Southern town.”
—Kate Russo, author of Super Host

“Filled with charming characters, tenacious empathy, and so much heart, Big Gay Wedding is an event you’ll wish you could attend in person.”
—Alison Larkin, author of The People We Keep

“Reading Byron Lane’s warm and hysterical new novel made me feel like I hit the wedding guest jackpot and got seated at the very best table, surrounded by gloriously weird and funny guests I’ll remember long after the grooms have been waved off.”
—Bobby Finger, author of The Old Place

“An intoxicating mix of comedy, romance, and familial drama, that goes down like a delicious Aperol Spritz. But Big Gay Wedding is more than simply a bubbly concoction - it brims with life, with humor, and a tenderness that will stay with you long after you finish the final page.”
—Jonathan Parks-Ramage, author of Yes, Daddy

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