Wedding Daze (Novel Series)

***Wedding Daze*** is an American romantic comedy novel series written by Maryam Wells. The novels respectively depict the events of wedding preparations from the point of view of an overly protective father, and his growing realizations that his daughter has grown. Other book has followed the same character in the weddings of his other daughters.

The novel was followed with its a sequel, *Another Wedding Daze*, was released in 1995 featuring the wedding of Noah Kendall's middle daughter, Ellie. The final book, *The Last Wedding Daze* featured the lesbian wedding of Noah's youngest daughter, Piper.

## Synopsis

The three-novel series details Noah Kendall's experiences in planning the weddings of his three daughters; Liz, Ellie, and Piper. The first novel, Wedding Daze, talked about Noah's experience with learning his oldest daughter, Liz was getting married to the son of a wealthy --. The second novel, Another Wedding Daze, saw Noah finding himself in another wedding daze involving his middle daughter, Ellie. He recalled everything he went through with Ellie's disastrous love life to her college career. The last novel, The Last Wedding Daze, taking place four years after Ellie's wedding, see Noah dealing with his youngest daughter, Piper, an open lesbian getting married to her girlfriend she met at Ellie's wedding. Noah recalls how Piper came out to him while she was in college.

## Characters

* Noah Kendall - The narrator and lead character of the Wedding Daze series. He is the father of three daughters; Liz, Ellie, and Piper.
* Mary Kendall - Noah's wife; mother of Liz, Ellie, and Piper.
* Liz Kendall (Liz Kendall-Peterson) - a recent college graduate, eldest daughter, married Keith Peterson in *Wedding Daze*.
* Ellie Kendall (Ellie Kendall-Fowler) - middle child of Noah and Mary, married Josh Fowler in *Another Wedding Daze*.
* Piper Kendall (Piper Kendall-Stiles) - a singer in a rock band, youngest child, married Jo Stiles in *The Last Wedding Daze*.
* Jo Stiles - She is an open bisexual and a musician. Set to marry Piper Kendall in *The Last Wedding Daze*.
* Josh Fowler - He is a medical intern, set to marry Ellie Kendall in *Another Wedding Daze*.
* Keith Peterson - An English man and a professor at a local college. Set to marry Liz Kendall in *Wedding Daze*.
* -- Wedding Planner to all of Kendall sisters in three novels.

## Novels

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 Two years after the events of Another Wedding Daze, Noah Kendall and his wife Mary have settled to life as empty-nesters and have purchased a summer house at the beach. Just as life couldn't get any better, Noah's youngest daughter revealed that she is getting married to her girlfriend. Noah is back to panicking about his daughter's nuptials. However, his puts his own feelings aside when his future daughter-in-law's parents had rescinded the invitation to the wedding. Piper reveals to her father that Jo was disowned by her parents after she came out and was on her own since. Noah comes to accept Jo and he walks both his daughter and her fiancee down the isle.

* *Wedding Daze* - Basketball coach Noah Kendall's experience in the nuptials of his oldest daughter, Liz.
* *Another Wedding Daze* - Noah Kendall is in shock upon learning that his middle daughter, Ellie announces her engagement.
* *The Last Wedding Daze* - Just as Noah Kendall's has finally recovered from the weddings of his two daughters, his youngest daughter, Piper, an open lesbian, announces that she is marrying her girlfriend.

## Notes

* Author Maryam Wells calls the series "Father of the Bride" times three.
* Ellie's wedding in Another Wedding Daze takes place four years after the events of *Wedding Daze*.
* Piper's wedding in The Last Wedding Daze takes place two years after the events of *Another Wedding Daze*.