Product Description

Twelve-year-old Willa Havisham loves the sea, and books, and eating chocolate-coated cherries. But what she’d love more than anything is a dad. It’s just a shame her mum, Stella, is so unromantic – even though she’s a wedding planner! So when Stella falls for the poet next door, Willa can’t believe her luck. But then everything starts to go wrong…

Can Willa put things right and get her mum to say ‘I do’?

‘A fun, frothy confection that made me laugh out loud’

Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #547015 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

About the Author

Coleen Murtagh Paratore is the author of two picture books that have been published in the US. She lives in Albany, New York, with her husband and three sons. She is a hopeless romantic and life-long believer in the magic of Cape Cod where THE WEDDING PLANNER'S DAUGHTER is set.

Customer Reviews

I have to say that I HATED the cover!
The cover put me off this book a bit because of the pink-ness of it and the hearts and things, but inside, the book told a good story, once it got going.

You could really feel for Willa as she has to put up with her Mum and moving house so often. I loved the way that Cape Cod was described -it made me picture it and it made me want to live there. This is a very good book for 10-13 year olds.

delightful girl story
My daughter has eclectic tastes and is now at an "in-between" stage of her life. She is not quite a teenager, but nor is she interested in younger children's book. This hit the right note with her. It is a "real" book, but not too long, it is very funny and covers those first moment with boys with great delicacy. She cannot wait for, hopefully, the next one. We both would highly recommend this book for 8 to 12 years old girls.

Courtesy of Teens Read Too
Willa Havisham may be the only twelve-year-old who reads classics, eats cherry cordials, and just so happens to be the worst wisher in the world.

Her glamorous single mother, Stella, plans the most beautiful weddings and is constantly moving the two of them around. When they finally move back to Stella's childhood hometown of Bramble, Cape Cod, Willa begins to think her wishes are coming true. She's made her first-ever best friend, is bonding with her crazy Nana, and, best of all, Stella seems to be falling for Willa's English teacher -- who just happens to be perfect dad material.

But when, after a wedding disaster, Stella is ready to pack up and throw everyone out, how can Willa stop everything from going back to the way it was?

THE WEDDING PLANNER'S DAUGHTER was a book I'd been hearing about for awhile, so when the chance came up to review it, I was excited. It ended up being one of the most hilarious books I've read in quite some time. The characters, Willa especially, were so well-developed and real. I could understand Stella's hesitation but also Willa's determination. Everything in the book was well-thought out and easy to relate to.

I'll definitely be recommending this to my librarian and friends. Now I can't wait to read the sequel!

Reviewed by: Harmony