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Rain on Your Wedding Day by Curtis Edmonds
In Curtis Edmonds’ book Rain on Your Wedding Day, Will Morse, an ex-NFL player, lost one daughter and was detained and accused after another passed away. He has been hermit-living for the past five years, receiving an annual call from his lone surviving child. Will is aware that his daughter has important news when she decides to visit. She is getting married while pregnant.
Will is thrilled for her and agrees to attend the wedding, but he is aware that he cannot face his ex and family alone because they all hold him responsible for the murder of his daughter. Dot Crawford enters his life just when he needs her. As he develops his friendship with Dot, he discovers that she is not who she initially appears to be. Can he put his life back together or will he choose to go on alone?
The story of Rain on Your Wedding Day is incredibly moving. Edmonds respects the suffering of his character while ever making it seem insignificant. This man has been devastated by loss. The book initially seems like it may depress the reader, yet Will is shown as a man who has difficulties but is also genuinely trying to provide for his family.
The reader might scoff and think, “Sure, he avoids his daughter because it’s best for her,” but as we get to know Will, we see that he genuinely feels that his family will suffer the least if he isolates himself. Will has hope that he doesn’t even know he possesses, and that is what I find so wonderful about him. While he sees a maelstrom of pain and blame, we see a rainbow just on the other side because he has a depth that draws the reader in.
We do get to know Will and the other characters well. Although Danielle may appear to be icy and in charge, as we come to know her, we realise that’s how she maintains order in her environment. She has suffered a great deal of loss, and although Edmonds could have easily given her a one-dimensional character, he opts to give Danielle more depth and demonstrates her strong love for her kids.
It is obvious from the description that Dot betrays Will. The Dot/Will plot requires a lot of suspension of disbelief. Although they are described as being kind, considerate, and playful, considering the importance of the event in Will’s life, shouldn’t he have been able to identify Dot? Or perhaps Alicia had seen her when they first met at the beginning of the book?
Although the trial was only five years ago and was a significant event in the Morse family’s lives, Alicia does, I think, claim that she looks familiar. It is perhaps a little odd to not have recognised someone who was obviously well-known at the time. Furthermore, it was a little confusing how soon that specific storyline ended.
The main focus of the book was ultimately Will’s trip. He is haunted by Trixie, the daughter who committed suicide, and Francie, the accident victim. He has nightmares and dreams about them. His interactions with the two children, which so intimately reveal Will’s inner workings, are my favourite passages.
The novel Rain on Your Wedding Day was fantastic, expertly written, and took the reader on an emotional roller coaster. I supported Will and his family all the way through. Pick up this book if you enjoy reading about the human journey. You won’t be dissatisfied. Edmonds’ debut is quite great, and I can’t wait to see where he leads us in the future.
About The Book
Will Morse lives alone in a remote cabin in the mountains north of Atlanta, grieving over the loss of two of his daughters and the collapse of his marriage and career. Over Christmas, Will receives a visit from his only remaining child, his daughter Alicia, who broke off contact with him five years ago. Alicia informs Will that she’s getting married in the spring, and asks him to attend the wedding.
Alicia’s wedding is an opportunity for an aging Will to reconnect with his family and regain part of what he has lost. But Will struggles with his still-raw emotions over his role in his daughter Trixie’s suicide, and the resulting loss and grief.
Will tries to reach out to the few women in his life to find a date, and makes an unexpected connection with Dorothy Crawford, a writer who shows up at his door, seeking directions. Will develops feelings for Dorothy, but finds that she has secrets of her own.
As the wedding nears, Will must find a way to put the pain and guilt he feels Trixie’s death behind him, weigh the pain he feels at Dorothy’s betrayal with his own need for forgiveness, and pull himself together for his daughter’s sake.
RAIN ON YOUR WEDDING DAY is a poignant, wrenching story about a father’s love, a daughter’s compassion, and the universal need for forgiveness and redemption.
The Review
Rain on Your Wedding Day
8 Score
Rain on Your Wedding Day brings the reader into a very realistic setting that expolores the deepest grief a person can endure. The protagonist immediately becomes easy to know and so genuine that you can feel his emotions. While grief is a central part of this book, it is not dark. The story is the beginning of the protagonist's crawl out of the stasis that his life has become and his bumpy entry back into living. It is not false by suggesting that grief ever goes away, but that we can share space with the pain and continue to live. I didn't want the book to end and I hated leaving the characters behind. To me, this is the definition of a well written and meaningful book.
PROS
- This is a gripping tale that will keep you engaged right to the very end.
- This book takes you into the world of pain and loss, anger and rejection, love and forgiveness.
CONS
- Not a very realistic story.
- Extreme dysfunctional without any humour or words of wisdom.
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