Cassandra and Judith are identical twins who have spent a lifetime avoiding dressing alike. But they have also spent a lifetime together except for the last 9 months when Judith moved to New York and fell in love. Now Judith is getting married and Cassandra has decided this will never do. She thinks Judith should return to Berkeley and the apartment they shared. She is going home with one thought...STOP THE WEDDING. Judith isn't all that surprised by Cassandra's plan. Turns out Cassandra has always been a bit of a "pill" but Judith is a little surprised when Cassandra's plan B is to take a bunch of pills and off herself when the wedding prevention plan doesn't seem to be taking hold. Lucky her new husband is a doctor and he manages to save Cassandra. The interactions between the sisters is wonderful but the secondary characters, their granny, their father, the new husband, Cassandra's therapist, and their dead mother are all first rate as well. Sounds like a tragedy but it is more of a comedy. Love this book and it makes me want to read the brilliant "The member of the wedding" by Carson McCullers again.
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Dorothy Baker's Cassandra at the Wedding is not short on razor sharp writing . This novellas strength is based on heavy characterization and their individual dysfunctionalities more than narrative focus. Provocative and touching, marginally disturbing. Brilliant.
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No one in my book club had heard of it or the author and we all loved it. Great psychological story, well written, a bit before its time.
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