A Very French Wedding by Maeve Haran
Continental getaways are teetering precariously this summer so head off to a magical destination courtesy of Maeve Haran, author of a string of warm and witty novels including Having It All, the 1992 bestseller which famously captured the dilemma of the working mother.
Haran, a former television producer and mother of three grown-up children, brings to her fabulous fiction all the drama of her career, the wisdom of her years and the human insight from raising a brood of youngsters, and she truly does have fun in the sun in this glorious celebration of women, friendship and the endless delights of France
Availability
Select theaters and HBO Max December 25
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