The Wedding

By: Dorothy West

Narrated by: Regina Taylor

From Dorothy West, the last surviving member of the Harlem Renaissance, The Wedding is an intimate glimpse into African American middle class. Set on bucolic Martha's Vineyard in the 1950s, this is the story of life in the Oval, a proud, insular community made up of the best and brightest of the East Coast's black bourgeoisie. Within this inner circle of "blue-vein society," we witness the prominent Coles family gather for the wedding of the loveliest daughter, Shelby, who could have chosen from "a whole area of eligible men of the right colors and the right professions." Instead, she has fallen in love with and is about to be married to Meade Wyler, a white jazz musician from New York. A shock wave breaks over the Oval as its longtime members grapple with the changing face of its community.
With elegant, luminous prose, Dorothy West crowns her literary career by illustrating one family's struggle to break the shackles of race and class.

The movie was better

too short, did not like the ending. which lead to watch the movie. worth it

Timeless Read

One of my favorite book of all time. The book and movie will never get old.

Good Story about women's struggle to separate lust from real loveEnjoyed

I enjoyed the story was about women black and white. They had heart aches from learning about lust from love. I enjoyed Regina's delivery of the story, I could picture the setting in a lot of the situations. This was a good book club read. I would suggest it to another book club as well as to a friend.

Audible should warn about “Abridged” version

I loved the book and looked forward to also enjoying the audible. Unfortunately, Audible’s version skipped some very important scenes among the characters. I love the author, Dorothy West. Very disappointed in Audibles.

More than I expected

When Sunny Hostin said on The View that this was her favorite book, I knew it was going to be good. What I didn’t expect was for it to be so thought provoking on the subject of race and class. I will think about this book for a long time to come!