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Original Title:	Midnight Champagne
ISBN:	038072975X (ISBN13: 9780380729753)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (1999)

Midnight Champagne

A. Manette Ansay

Paperback | Pages: 240 pages

Rating: 3.32 | 1199 Users | 146 Reviews

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April Liesgang and Caleb Shannon have known each other for just three short months, so their Valentine's Day wedding at a chapel near the shores of Lake Michigan has both families in an uproar. As the festivities unfold (and the cash bar opens), everyone has an opinion and a lively prediction about April and Caleb's union, each the reflection of a different marital experience.

Meanwhile, at the nearby Hideaway Lodge, a domestic quarrel ends in tragedy. As April and Caleb's life together begins, death parts another man and woman in angry violence—and as the two stories gradually intersect, their juxtaposition explores the tangled roots of vulnerability and desire.

By the time the last polka has been danced and the bouquet tossed, Midnight Champagne has cast an extraordinary spell. From the novel's opening epigraph from Chekhov—"If you fear loneliness, then marriage is not for you"—to its final moments in the honeymoon suite, A. Manette Ansay weaves tenderness and fury, passion and wonder into a startling tapestry of love in all its paradox and power.

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Title	:	Midnight Champagne
Author	:	A. Manette Ansay
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 240 pages
Published	:	July 3rd 2000 by Harper Perennial (first published May 19th 1999)
Categories	:	Fiction. Romance. Contemporary

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Ratings: 3.32 From 1199 Users | 146 Reviews

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Ansay is a wonderful storyteller. She manipulates her story to expertly include so many characters and storylines. I was completely engaged by her unexpected twists.I found myself pondering a particular quote by Oscar Wilde that she used and upon which she expounded: "Men marry because they are tired and women because they are curious. Both are disappointed." Ansay goes on to say, " He was right about the disappointment. You will be disappointed. Not just in each other but in yourselves. It's

An interesting look into mankind - what drives us, what annoys us, how we deal with people - all revolving around a small town during a snowstorm with a hotel full of wedding guests. Some language and objectionable elements.

Ansay is a wonderful storyteller. She manipulates her story to expertly include so many characters and storylines. I was completely engaged by her unexpected twists.I found myself pondering a particular quote by Oscar Wilde that she used and upon which she expounded: "Men marry because they are tired and women because they are curious. Both are disappointed." Ansay goes on to say, " He was right about the disappointment. You will be disappointed. Not just in each other but in yourselves. It's

Honestly, the book was a bit disappointing. The story itself is very well written, but there really wasn't mush of a storyline, and it was hard for me to really follow the story.

This was a really quirky book. From the first chapter, I was intrigued. The story takes place at a well-worn chapel and lodge near Lake Michigan on Valentine's Day, where April Liesgang and Caleb Shannon are to be married. Over the next several hours, you meet their zany families and some unwelcome guests, all of whom are unique and memorable in their own way. This is not your typical romantic tale of love and marriage. It's a complex story of human frailties and forgiveness. I loved it!

Need to save the wedding toast an aunt gives in this book that looks at married love, from newlyweds to oldtimers and all permutations in between. Covers a lot of emotional ground for such a slip of a book.

This book just didn't grab me. It was an okay book with things I did enjoy (moving from character to character seamlessly within the one page, book taking place over one night, inclusion of complex themes) but the story feel short for me and I wasn't picking it up with eagerness to find out what happens next.