Songs for Other People’s Weddings 9781419778124 Hardback

Witty, romantic, and deeply satisfying. Emma Straub,New York Timesbestselling author ofThis Time TomorrowA charming, tender novel about an unlucky-in-love wedding singer trying to find the right words to save his relationship, from award-winning, bestselling author David Levithan and beloved, acclaimed singer-songwriter Jens Lekman.J is an accidental wedding singer. Unlike most wedding singers, he writes an original song for every couplehis way of finding out about the small, strange things that brought them together and the hopeful, vulnerable feelings theyre experiencing.Js own love life is in a state of flux. His girlfriend is off to New York for work, and as her life grows bigger and busier without him in it, he finds it harder to stick to a happy tune. He doesnt know whether to encourage the soon-to-be-wed couples or warn them.When complications hit and love is tested, is there any way to sing through all the noise?Combining David Levithans deeply observant storytelling and Jens Lekmans inventive and touching original songs,Songs for Other Peoples Weddingsis a tender, honest novel that tracks love through all its chord changes, never forgetting that the best songs contain the bitter and the sweet, the despair of losing it all and the euphoria of being found.Surprising, funny, compassionateSongs for Other People’s WeddingsIs not just lyrical, itsings. Steven Rowley,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe CelebrantsandThe GuncleA hilarious, heartfelt, and tremendously wise exploration of love in all its beguiling and bittersweet absurdity. Grant Ginder, author ofThe People We Hate at the Wedding