Cancel the Wedding, Carolyn T. Dingman
Cancel the Wedding, Carolyn T. Dingman
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Cancel the Wedding
A Novel

Author: Carolyn T. Dingman

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 11 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 08/05/2014

Synopsis

A heartfelt fiction debut that will appeal to fans of Emily Giffin’s Southern charm and Jennifer Weiner’s compelling, emotionally resonant novels about the frustrations of blood ties, Cancel the Wedding follows one woman’s journey to discover the secrets of her mother’s hidden past—and confront her own uncertain future.On the surface, Olivia has it all: a high-powered career, a loving family, and a handsome fiancé. She even seems to be coming to terms with her mother Jane’s premature death from cancer. But when Jane’s final wish is revealed, Olivia and her elder sister Georgia are mystified. Their mother rarely spoke of her rural Southern hometown, and never went back to visit—so why does she want them to return to Huntley, Georgia, to scatter her ashes?Jane’s request offers Olivia a temporary escape from the reality she’s long been denying: she hates her “dream” job, and she’s not really sure she wants to marry her groom-to-be. With her 14-year-old niece, Logan, riding shotgun, she heads South on a summer road trip looking for answers about her mother.As Olivia gets to know the town’s inhabitants, she begins to peel back the secrets of her mother’s early life—truths that force her to finally question her own future. But when Olivia is confronted with a tragedy and finds an opportunity to right a terrible wrong, will it give her the courage to accept her mother’s past—and say yes to her own desire to start over?

About Carolyn T. Dingman

Carolyn T. Dingman lives in her adopted hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and two daughters. Cancel the Wedding is her first novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Twobusy on July 16, 2014

Look: I'm a guy. Which essentially means that - by default - I'm not the target audience for the whole chick-lit vertical that Cancel the Wedding is supposed to fit into. I mean, this is the kind of thing my eye automatically tends to skim past in bookstores: a novel about daughters and their mother......more

Goodreads review by Julia on January 05, 2016

I'm not sure how I feel about this book. On the one hand, I enjoyed following Olivia and her niece Logan as they try to unearth the mystery of Olivia's mother, who had requested that her ashes be scattered in a lake in Huntley GA. I did liked Olivia's journey of self discovery as she sought to uncov......more

Goodreads review by Terri on August 13, 2014

Review also found at [URL not allowed] 4.5 stars I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher Harper Paperbacks via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. The expected publication date is August 5, 2014. This is the type of read that is right up my alley. A m......more

Goodreads review by Taylor on February 07, 2021

I wanted to cancel this book. (I know this isn’t an original phrase and the term “cancel” is overused these days, but I can’t help it.) This story of a young women looking to find out the mysteries of her mother’s childhood just did not interest me. Furthermore, I think the love interest plots were......more

Goodreads review by Magpie67 on December 11, 2018

Not your atypical romance nor wedding... in fact the title doesn't even pertain to the main character, but clearly you understand where and when it was the perfect title to use. Some things change and some things recycle itself. Olivia and Georgia need to follow their mother's wishes with her ashes,......more

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