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In this hilarious debut, a woman realizes she’s madly in love with her childhood best friend just as she’s helping him to plan his last-minute wedding to her high school bully.

Newly single in New York City and on the cusp of thirty, Jules receives an astonishing voicemail—her childhood best friend, Rye, is getting married that weekend and desperately needs her there. What’s more? His fiancée is none other than Kiki Winters, the woman responsible for ruining Jules’ life back in high school—a secret Rye knows nothing about.

Jules doesn’t love returning to Palos Verdes, California—home to her emotionally distant mom and overly reliant dad—but Rye is her best friend, so of course she hops on the next flight. And okay, maybe she wants to see if this thing with Kiki is legit. As the two old friends run wedding errands, memories of charged moments resurface, and all the reasons Jules told herself she and Rye could never be together start to sound like excuses. Before long Jules realizes her truth: She has to stop this wedding.

It’s a scenario right out of the 1997 romantic comedy classic, My Best Friend’s Wedding, and back in New York, Jules’ friend and screenwriting partner is inspired to start writing a sequel to the film. As Jules’s story converges with the fictional screenplay, uncomfortable truths are revealed, and both Rye and Jules must contend with the question, “How do you know when you’re ready to actually be with the love of your life?”

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  • “Was Gina Hamadey put on earth purely to delight readers with this deeply romantic, disarmingly realistic, and unputdownable screwball comedy? I loved this novel and can't stop thinking about it.”

    — Joanna Rakoff, author of My Salinger Year and A Fortunate Age

  • “If you've ever wished My Best Friend’s Wedding had ended differently, this is the book for you! In My Friend’s Best Wedding, Gina Hamadey takes a familiar premise and makes it entirely her own. Tender, romantic, and brimming with heart, this irresistible debut delivers plenty of longing, hope, and a deeply satisfying happily-ever-after."

    — Devon Daniels, author of Star-Crossed Summer

  • “Absolutely delicious. What a gorgeous ode to one of my favorite 90s romcoms, My Best Friend’s Wedding. I've thought about alternative endings to the movie for years and Gina Hamadey delivers with both creativity and verve. Romantic, charming, laugh-out-loud funny. I inhaled it in one night and then passed it on to my own best friend.”—Jo Piazza, national bestselling author The Parisian Heist

    — Jo Piazza, national bestselling author The Parisian Heist

  • "The perfect book for anyone who loved the messy, unpredictable fun of My Best Friend’s Wedding…but still hoped for a happy ending. Gina Hamadey delivers a clever and exhilarating rom-com that manages to pay homage to a classic while being realistic, sweet, and completely captivating. It's a total delight."

    — Kerry Winfrey, author of Waiting for Tom Hanks

  • "Hamadey's debut is a hilarious tribute to the golden era of romcoms, with a cast of messy but loveable characters you can't help but root for. And if the movie-within-the-book ever gets made, I'll be first in line for a ticket!"

    — Francesca Cocchi, USA Today bestselling author of Have a Great Summer

I Want To Thank You Book

I Want to Thank You (TarcherPerigee, spring 2021) chronicles my year writing 365 thank you notes to strangers, neighbors, family and friends, and shows readers how developing an active gratitude practice can make you a happier person, heal complicated relationships and reconnect you with the people you love, all with a little bit of bravery at the mailbox.

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  • "I Want to Thank You is a tonic for our times. It will cheer your day, guide you back to what matters most, and remind you of the power you have to make someone else feel special — most especially the ones you love."

    — Bruce Feiler, the New York Times–bestselling "Life Is in the Transitions"

  • "Gina makes me want to slow down, to reconnect, and, most of all, to appreciate the life I have, in all of its challenges and complexities."

    — Emma Straub, "All Adults Here"

  • " As a fan of both gratitude and year-long projects, I was hooked from the start. This book inspired me to write notes to everyone from coworkers to college friends, which helped me defy the gloomy apocalyptic mind-set that has overtaken so many of us."

    — A. J. Jacobs, "Thanks a Thousand"

  • " Hamadey's flexible structure and thoughtful suggestions elevate thank-you notes to more than a courtesy."

    — Publisher's Weekly

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