Set in 1926, two years after the end of The Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals, Wendy Jones’ The World is a Wedding finds Wilfred Price married to Flora Myfanwy and trying to be the perfect husband. His efforts only intensify when he learns that Flora is expecting. But something doesn’t feel right to Flora: she doesn’t feel at home. Meanwhile, Grace (to whom Wilfred was very briefly married before he met Flora) has fled Narberth for London, trying to escape what has happened to her and the secret she carries because of it. But secrets are not so easily escaped—and Grace’s will affect Wilfred and Flora, too. A sophisticated comedy of manners, The World is a Wedding captures life in a small town in Wales and explores the complexities of marriage, motherhood, and masculinity and femininity with equal wit and insight.

Wendy Jones
Wendy Jones was the first person to complete an MA in Life Writing at University of East Anglia and is currently completing a PhD in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, where she teaches. She is the author of the biography Grayson Perry: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl and hosts Interesting Conversations, a literary program aired on Resonance FM. She lives in London.

• Aug 1 2015
  Heidi Lewis' "View from San Juan Library” in the San Juan Islander: “...there has been loss and misunderstandings, but these two people grow in unexpected ways and prove their love is strong enough to share with others who need their help."
  
• Jul 4 2015
  Minneapolis Star Tribune: “The book is humorous throughout, often hilariously funny, but it is, at the same time, serious and distressing.”
  
• Jun 12 2015
  Shelf Awareness Starred Review: "Discover: A return to 1920s Narberth, Wales, where residents contend with changing social mores and the dramas of marriage, parenthood and fulfillment."