And Steve Best, the best man, is just as bad, a drifter whose ambitions seem limited to checking out the local music scene. As it turns out, the groom, a self-described ""bearer of the message of Jesus,"" and the bride, a homeopathic therapist who rejects the idea of dressing up ""just to get hitched,"" aren't exactly the endearing young people Kitty has imagined. When Kitty's American granddaughter comes to London to get married, Kitty prevails on Thea to put the best man up at her flat for a few days. She enjoys the small freedoms of her dull but comfortable existence and just tolerates the only family she has-her husband's two cousins, Kitty and Molly, and their spouses. At 70, Dorothea May has been a widow 15 years. When youth and age collide, the fallout, as charted by veteran Booker Prize winner Brookner, is funny, unexpected and moving.
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