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Today we welcome devan sipher and his debut novel the wedding beat. This is a question sipher the wedding beat, 2012 leaves open until the final chapter. I grew up mostly in southfield, michigan, which sounds misleadingly bucolic for a suburb of detroit with more than 27 million square feet of office space. Love womens fiction, but looking for a bit of a change. Laura dave, author of the first husband the wedding beat is smart, laughoutloud funny, and unabashedly romantic. The wedding beat is a comic novel, loosely based on the authors reallife experience at the new york times as a. Like if you let someone sweep you off your feet, you better be prepared to land on your ass. Sipher applies the same wit, insight and deft humor to his fiction as he does to his realworld new york times wedding articles.
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Wedding talk with devan sipher, author of the wedding beat. You could probably classify the wedding beat as chick lit, but theres one thing that makes this novel a little different than your typical girly book the story is about a guy and its written in his voice. Apr 04, 2012 devan sipher, vows columnist for the new york times, talks about his new book, the wedding beat. This book has all sorts of ups and downs love at first site, hope, deceit, cheating, happiness, which will be gavins fate. Interview with devan sipher about his book, the wedding beat, his writing process and the transition he made from playwriting to journalism to writing novels. The wedding beat by devan sipher nook book ebook barnes. Loosely based on sipher s real life experiences as the.
Im the author of two novels, the wedding beat and the scenic route, and for ten years i was a writer of the vows column at the new york times. Devan sipher writes a witty, laughoutloud funny story about hapless reporter, gavin greene. But theres a thin line between being a hotshot repor. Click to read more about the wedding beat by devan sipher. The wedding beat by devan sipher is a romantic comedy and it is unique in that it features a male protagonist. For the past eight years ive been a writer of the vows column at the new york times, and my first novel, the wedding beat, was loosely based on my experience at the times as a single guy writing about weddings. In devan siphers comic novel the wedding beat new american library, protagonist gavin greene is just such an attendee. This is the audiobook cd library edition in vinyl case. Jan 15, 20 interview with devan sipher about his book, the wedding beat, his writing process and the transition he made from playwriting to journalism to writing novels. For the past seven years ive been a writer of the vows column at the new york times, and my first novel, the wedding beat, was loosely based on my experience at the times as a single guy writing about weddings. Rockin to devan siphers beat, plus a book giveaway photo by stacey luftig. Sometimes the best man isnt even in the wedding party. Download read the wedding beat 2012 by devan sipher in.
But theres a thin line between being a hotshot reporter on assignment and being a single guy alone on a saturday night at someone elses. I always thought that would make a good title for my autobiography. The wedding beat, was loosely based on my experience at the times as a single guy writing about weddings. Brazil is feeling the beat the wedding beat in portuguese. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Its no coincidence that the hero in the wedding beat reminds the reader of the reporter in the movie 27 dresses but the similarity between the stories ends there. Despite the healthy dose of skepticism for everlasting love given to him by his job, gavin is a romantic at heart who is looking for true love and a partner. Read the wedding beat a novel by devan sipher available from rakuten kobo.
Peter berkrot sometimes the best man isnt even in the wedding party. He writes the wedding column for a pulitzer prizewinning newspaper. The metaphoric implications of the title are broadcast early, when naomi and austin spend part of the wedding in a philosophical argument about whether wrong turns are possible. Sipher brings some unexpected edge and wit to the game. Her name is melinda, shes a travel writer, and he was unable to get her number.
Now, after lots of searching, hes finally found her. About devan sipher devan sipher about devan sipher. In the scenic route, life is what happens on the way to where youre going. In devan sipher s comic novel the wedding beat new american library, protagonist gavin greene reports on weddings for new yorks newspaper of record, yet though he elevates other peoples romance in his writeups, he cannot seem to find love himself.
Sipher himself has been writing about weddings for the new york times vows column for five years and remains a single scribe, focusing on. Apr 03, 2012 along the way, he learns that theres something worse than losing the woman of his dreams having to write an article about her wedding. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. I became tired early on of this nebbish kvetchingwhich he.
An interview with devan sipher, author of the wedding beat. For the past five years, sipher has witten the vows column for the new york timesand has now parlayed that experience into a debut novel. Romantic and charming, devan siphers debut novel the wedding beat is a fresh and fun take on finding and committing to love. But theres a thin line between being a hotshot reporter on assignment and being a single guy alone on a saturday night at someone elses wedding. Reading the wedding beat is like sitting next to the wittiest guest at a wedding a rare find. Download or read the wedding beat 2012 in pdf, epub formats. A novel by devan sipher for online ebook the wedding beat.
It has a fast paced dynamic rhythm that echoes the cadence and energy of new york city with a wonderful underlying pulse quickly capturing your imagination and immediately putting you in the minds eye of the protagonist newspaper columnist gavin greene. It is a fun, romantic and refreshing tale about the search for love from a male point of view. Okay, so i have been thinking a lot about your book, which i loved by the way, but you know that because were in the same writers group and. Try the wedding beat by devan sipher, a romantic comedy from a mans point of view.
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Brazilian rights for the wedding beat sold to verus editora. The wedding beat by devan sipher tells the classic new york story of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy assigned to write article about girls wedding. May 07, 2012 the wedding beat by devan sipher is a romantic comedy and it is unique in that it features a male protagonist. Sipher, a writer of the new york times vows column, sipher will. The scenic route by devan sipher nook book ebook barnes. German rights to devan siphers the wedding beat sold at auction to dtv, by the liepman agency on behalf of katie mcgowan at curtis brown uk in association with deborah schneider at gelfman schneider. Youll fall in love with gavin but you will also fall in love with writer devan sipher and wait anxiously for his next novel.
The wedding beat king county library system overdrive. One funny line in the book, because he was still single he was letting down his species, really. Jul 03, 2012 devan sipher, wedding columnist for the new york times, has written his first novel, the wedding beat. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Rumor has it that in the movie 27 dresses, the actor james marsden portrayed me but with better hair. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the wedding beat.
Buy wedding beat book online at best prices in india on. Buy the wedding beat unabridged by devan sipher isbn. Its unpredictable and inconvenient, but it can be pretty wonderful when you bring the right person along for the ride. Funny, engaging and wonderfully entertaining, sipher s novel takes an ever so slightly irreverent look at a very serious subject from the male point of view. Loosely based on sipher s real life experiences as the author of the vows column for the new york times, the wedding beat is a charming and funny story of a man looking for ms. The wedding beat is a unique and welcome look at love and romance from one mans perspective. Jan 01, 2012 the wedding beat is a unique and welcome look at love and romance from one mans perspective. The wedding beat devan sipher 9780451235794 netgalley. The wedding beat by devan sipher overdrive rakuten. The wedding beat has been chosen to be a featured alternate selection for the doubleday book club, the rhapsody book club romance books, and the online spinoff of book of the month club bomc2. Devan sipher s the wedding beat is, if youll pardon the term, dude lit. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Books devan sipher devan sipher books devan sipher.
Gavin is a newspaper columnist who covers weddings, and hes about to write his most difficult piece yet. Download or read um romantico incorrigivel 2012 in pdf, epub formats. About devan sipher devan sipher is a writer of the new york timess vows wedding column and the author of the wedding beat. Try the wedding beat by devan sipher a romantic comedy from a mans point of view. Nicola kraus and emma mclaughlin, new york times bestselling authors of the nanny diaries devan sipher uses his journalists sharp eye for detail to take a delightful and fresh look at the romantic comedy genre. The new york times filled with sharp observations, hilarious truths and poignant moments. Beth harbison, new york times bestselling author of when in doubt, add butter. May 02, 2012 one book that i thought was a lot of fun and certainly a worthwhile way to spend a few hours is the wedding beat by devan sipher. Early on in this novel about an unluckyinlove wedding reporter who falls for a woman only to find out shes getting. Gavin greene writes the vows column for the new york times so his life is all weddings, all the time. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream. Download read um romantico incorrigivel 2012 by devan. Devan sipher has written for the new york times for more than five years and is the author of the new comic novel. My second novel, the scenic route, comes out in june 2014.
It is a humorous romantic chicklit book about a guy who writes a wedding column for a big newspaper. The wedding beat ebook by devan sipher rakuten kobo. The wedding beat by devan sipher jane interviews debut book interviews new author interviews 7 comments ive had some concerns by readers who are primarily print readers that the coverage at dear author has been too focused on ebooks. Devan sipher is a journalist who lived and breathed everything wedding for five years as writer of the new york times vows column. Buy wedding beat book online at low prices in india. The wedding beat audiobook, written by devan sipher. But theres a thin line between being a hotshot reporter.
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