The People We Hate at the Wedding

The People We Hate at the Wedding is a 2016 novel by Grant Ginder about a dysfunctional blended family who come together to celebrate the wedding of Eloise Lafarge, the eldest sibling of the family. In 2022, the novel was adapted into a movie of the same name, which was released on Amazon Prime on November 18, 2022. Summary American siblings Paul and Alice learn their elder half-sister Eloise is getting married in England. Both siblings harbor resentment towards Eloise, the child from their mother, Donna, and her first marriage to cosmopolitan Frenchman Henrique, who left Eloise a substantial trust fund. Both siblings are also deeply unhappy with their lives. Paul works for a man he hates and is in a relationship with a narcissistic, controlling academic, while Alice is still struggling with the trauma of a stillbirth five years earlier and is having an affair with a married man. Alice reluctantly agrees to be Eloise's bridesmaid while Paul initially declines to go due to his estrangement from their mother, Donna, but eventually agrees after losing his job in a dramatic fashion. In London, Alice is devastated when she learns that the hotel she booked has been paid for by Eloise. Paul is pressured into a threesome by his boyfriend Mark and is dumped shortly before the wedding. Eloise meanwhile is distressed that all her attempts to reunite her family seem to go awry. She also attempts to reunite her mother and father.