Wedding in December » (Bargain)

A novelist who combines sweepingly romantic plots with a keen understanding of the emotional complexities inherent in any relationship, Anita Shreve is a writer who understands the subtleties of the human mind, and heart.

At an inn in the Berkshire Mountains, seven former schoolmates gather to celebrate a wedding—a reunion that becomes the occasion of astonishing revelations as the friends collectively recall a long-ago night that indelibly marked each of their lives. Written with the fluent narrative artistry that distinguishes all of Anita Shreve's bestselling novels, A Wedding in December acutely probes the mysteries of the human heart and the endless allure of paths not taken.

The Washington Post - Carolyn See

I wouldn't want to call Anita Shreve's very enjoyable novel derivative, but it's a homage to that old movie The Big Chill and also to The Group, that Mary McCarthy novel where all those college girls get together again as women…I really liked this book. It's beautifully and imaginatively written. But I also have to admit that A Wedding in December works at one level as exceedingly high-class domestic porn—a paean to how we all wish we could live if we had the time, money, discipline and dedication.