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For Jacqui, Joanne, Ksenia and Nicola â my beautiful, brilliant bridesmaids,
and for all of my Lawless Hens:
Iâll never forget the amazing weekend when we all met The Juan.
As I arrived in my mid-twenties, something very strange started to happen â my friends started to get engaged. Seriously? â I thought, staring at the fat, glossy invitations appearing through the post â I swear it was only this time last year you were snogging strangers in clubs, and now Iâm Saving the Date? And I should put how much aside for your Hen Do!?
Ever since then, my weekends â particularly in the summer â have been a veritable nuptial string of engagement parties in pubs, dress fittings in boutiques, hen dos in spas and clubs and, of course, the weddings themselves (I gave as good as I got, of course, when I got married myself in 2014). The narrative of being a wedding guest (or knowing a bridezilla) has been so woven into the lives of my friends and I for so many years (and for so many more years to come, no doubt) that I really wanted to capture some of that in a story.
So here we have: one bride, and four bridesmaids, from proposal to altar.
Interspersed through the books, Iâve collated some real life anecdotes about perfect proposals, disastrous dance floors, suspicious strippers, bad bridesmaids and gorgeous groomsmen. Get in touch on social media and share your stories!
Please Save the Date
for the wedding of
NORA EILEEN DERVAN
and
HENRY ROBERT CLARKE
New Yearâs Eve
Nora Dervan, the bride
Harry Clarke, the groom
Bea Milton, a bridesmaid â Noraâs godsister and best friend since birth
Cleo Adkins, a bridesmaid â Noraâs best friend from university
Daisy Frankel, a bridesmaid â an American girl Nora befriended while travelling in their early 20s
Sarah Norris, a bridesmaid â the wife of the Best Man
Cole Norris, the Best Man â friends with Harry, Nora and Bea since primary school
Eli Hale, a groomsman â friends with Harry, Nora and Bea since primary school
Barlow Osbourne, a groomsman â Harryâs best friend from university
Archie Clarke, a groomsman â Harryâs younger brother
Eileen Dervan, Noraâs mother and Beaâs godmother
Cillian, Aoife, Alannah and Finola Dervan â