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The wedding people, published by Bollati Boringhieri, is another book I read thanks to Monica.

The author is Alison Espach, who is also a Vogue writer.

The story takes place in a hotel overlooking the ocean where a wedding lasting several days has been organised. During this time, the protagonist finds herself interacting with the bride and, consequently, with the diverse group of guests: people who are very different from each other but forced together for the event.

Would you like to attend a wedding that lasts several days?

Do you like weddings?

How long would you like your ideal wedding to last?

The story told in the book emphasises how even the most meticulous planning can always involve a degree of variability.

How do you deal with unpredictability?

Do you hate it when things don’t go as you expected, or do you love the surprises that fate throws at you?

And how can there be magic in a bad moment?

First of all, it’s an extremely positive point of view.

You would tend to think:

1. The magic of bad moments: great! I want to find out and understand.

2. The magic of bad moments: absurd, it’s nonsense.

On page 122, coffee is mentioned with particular reference to the so-called coffee distributors but above all to black coffee.

La magia dei momenti no

Do you take your coffee black?’ Lila picks up the phone.

Milk and sugar,’ replies Phoebe.

“Thank God. People who drink black coffee are so pretentious, you know? Like Marla this morning: ‘Oh no, no, I don’t put anything in my coffee. I like it black, thank you. Well, excuse me, but I happen to be a human being and I appreciate sugar.”

Are you more like Marla or Lila?

Are you a human being and do you appreciate sugar?

And if you like black coffee, like me, what would you be?

Sugar aside, going back to the magic of bad moments, has there ever been a time when pain, an unpleasant episode, a nasty inconvenience, or trouble represented a turning point towards a new and unexpectedly happy phase?

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