Beautiful day

In Beautiful Day, two families gather on Nantucket for a wedding. The bride's late mother left behind a notebook containing specific instructions for every detail of her youngest daughter's nuptials, and the plans are being followed to the letter.

Everything should be falling into place, but it is not. The couple are happy; their loved ones' lives are quietly crumbling. In the days before the ceremony, love is questioned, scandals surface, and hearts are broken and healed.

Elin Hilderbrand uses the wedding as a lens on marriage itself, on fidelity, and on how people decide which commitments to honour.