The Wedding Veil

By: Kristy Woodson Harvey

Narrated by: Shannon McManus, Janet Metzger, Rebekkah Ross, Megan Tusing

Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

The New York Times bestselling author of Under the Southern Sky and the Peachtree Bluff series “brings her signature warmth and Southern charm” (E! Online) to this sweeping novel following four women across generations, bound by a beautiful wedding veil and a connection to the famous Vanderbilt family.

Four women. One family heirloom. A secret connection that will change their lives—and history as they know it.

Present Day: Julia Baxter’s wedding veil, bequeathed to her great-grandmother by a mysterious woman on a train in the 1930s, has passed through generations of her family as a symbol of a happy marriage. But on the morning of her wedding day, something tells her that even the veil’s good luck isn’t enough to make her marriage last forever. Overwhelmed and panicked, she escapes to the Virgin Islands to clear her head. Meanwhile, her grandmother Babs is also feeling shaken. Still grieving the death of her beloved husband, she decides to move out of the house they once shared and into a retirement community. Though she hopes it’s a new beginning, she does not expect to run into an old flame, dredging up the same complicated emotions she felt a lifetime ago.

1914: Socialite Edith Vanderbilt is struggling to manage the luxurious Biltmore Estate after the death of her cherished husband. With 250 rooms to oversee and an entire village dependent on her family to stay afloat, Edith is determined to uphold the Vanderbilt legacy—and prepare her free-spirited daughter Cornelia to inherit it—in spite of her family’s deteriorating financial situation. But Cornelia has dreams of her own. Asheville, North Carolina has always been her safe haven away from the prying eyes of the press, but as she explores more of the rapidly changing world around her, she’s torn between upholding tradition and pursuing the exciting future that lies beyond Biltmore’s gilded gates.

In the vein of Therese Anne Fowler’s A Well-Behaved Woman and Jennifer Robson’s The Gown, The Wedding Veil brings to vivid life a group of remarkable women forging their own paths—and explores the mystery of a national heirloom lost to time.

©2022 Kristy Woodson Harvey. All rights reserved. (P)2022 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.

Beautiful!

What a lovely story! Kristy Woodson Harvey never disappoints!! Love everything she’s written and can’t wait for more!♥️

Visiting the Biltmore virtually

I LOVED every scene that included the Biltmore. I could close my eyes and see the staircase, the bassinet, the two bedrooms with the huge office in between, the views from the windows! Glorious! I enjoyed the mystery of the veil and the historical significance of the times. Great story!

Cute story

I liked the history in the piece and the NC landmarks. The family that got the veil was Quintessential

It was okay.

IMO not a bad book, but not the page turner other readers found it to be. Which is okay since we all have different taste. I, however, found the history surrounding the Biltmore estate interesting as I have visited.

Excellent story!

Great story of the Vanderbilt girls! I loved the historical part of the book it kept me listening the modern part was mostly fluff but this book is definitely well worth a listen! Thumbs up for sure!

Pulling it all together for The End

I got tired of what seemed to be rambling around rather than getting to the point. And then it all made sense.

I love historical fiction…

And this one hits all the right notes! Love story, family drama, past and present storylines, mystery, strong females, and southern charm.
I loved the different narrators too. That doesn’t always work but in this case it added another layer to the experience.

So, so good!!

Loved hearing my Peachtree Bluff series actors again! This was a fun historical fiction book that I want to read again!

The Wedding Veil

Loved this book. Loved how the author entwined the two families together. I couldn’t stop listening.

The story of 4 strong women

This book was fantastic! I love the Biltmore Estate and loved having a small glimpse into their history, even if Kristy took some liberties with the details. Julia and Babs were so strong and their relationship was inviting.