An Evening Tea Talk with Lauren Edmondson

Join Lauren Edmonson at Birch Tree Bookstore for a cozy evening of conversation about her newest release over an evening cup of tea!

We invite you to join a small group of fellow readers in our room with evening tea brought to you by Dominion Tea and conversation with Lauren Edmonson alongside moderator Betsy Waiter for a chat about her newest release, Wedding of the Season.

Afterward, Lauren will sign books as guests enjoy private shopping time in Birch Tree Bookstore—without the crowds!

About the Author:

Lauren Edmondson has a BA from Williams College and an MFA in fiction from Sarah Lawrence College. She lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and two children. Wedding of the Season is her second novel.

About the Book:

It’s the wedding of the season, and all of Newport is abuzz in this delightful, witty novel about two modern-day society families and the summer wedding that has the whole town talking…

Despite its beauty, Newport is a place Cass Coventry would prefer to forget. But after a long absence, she’s back in her hometown to celebrate her sister’s engagement—even if she’s marrying into the family that stole the Gilded Age Coventry mansion out from under them a decade ago.

The moment Cass pulls up to the estate, she’s in for one surprise after another. The bride-to-be is hiding a big secret. Her eccentric mother has royal-wedding aspirations. And, when the date is set for only three months away, a local gossip blog makes the two families—and their famously complicated history—its new favorite subject.

As Cass tries to keep things from spinning out of control, her weekend in town becomes a full summer season with few friendly faces. Her plan is simple: stay out of the spotlight until the wedding and then return to her life abroad. But when the grand affair arrives and buried truths come to light, she must finally face her own thorny past in Newport and decide how to honor the Coventry legacy in all its chaotic glory.