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Felicity Becker loves watching an event come together. There's something magical about crafting an experience people will remember. So when her mom gets engaged, Felicity sees the wedding as the perfect opportunity to show off her skills.
After Felicity's friend Nancy offers up her family's apple orchard as a venue, wedding planning gets even better. But the more time Felicity and Nancy spend together dress shopping and hunting for mismatched china, the more it starts to seem like there might be something
besides friendship between them. But as someone on the asexual spectrum, what would dating even look like for Felicity?
And would Nancy be open to dating when Felicity doesn't actually know what she wants from a relationship?
Suddenly the summer is a lot more complicated. Can Felicity wrangle her irresponsible mom, figure out her feelings for Nancy, and plan the perfect wedding? Or will all her plans come crashing down around her?
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Release date
February 28, 2023 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781705097892
- File size: 258066 KB
- Duration: 08:57:38
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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January 9, 2023
Sixteen-year-old Felicity Becker, who’s Jewish and white, dreams of becoming a highly sought-after event planner in this gleeful rom-com. When her original strategy to become president of her school’s event organizing committee are derailed, Felicity, hoping to impress the internship panel at a top event coordinating agency, endeavors to organize her flighty, social butterfly mother’s wedding. Contending with her mother’s lackadaisical attitude regarding nuptial arrangements and Felicity’s increasingly emotionally withdrawn bestie, Felicity finds stability and companionship in Swedish and Korean American friend Nancy Lim, who offers her family’s Vermont apple orchard as a wedding venue. Over the course of Felicity’s preparations, she spends more and more time with Nancy outside of wedding planning, swimming in a quarry and creating their own mini-golf course, forcing Felicity to navigate a burgeoning understanding of her sexuality amid matrimony-related turmoil. Chapter titles counting down the days until the wedding lend urgency. Via overwrought emotional conflict, tidy resolutions, and Felicity’s approachable, comedic narration, Neil (Once More with Chutzpah) deftly examines challenges surrounding dating and sexuality, intergenerational friction, and mental health. Ages 12–up. Agent: Lauren Spieller, Triada US.
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