Cassandra at the Wedding

Cassandra Edwards, a brilliant but anxious graduate student at Berkeley, returns to her family ranch in the Sierra foothills for the wedding of her identical twin, Judith, to a charming doctor from Connecticut. But Cassandra is determined to sabotage the event.

In this tragicomic novella, Dorothy Baker traces Cassandra’s unpredictable journey, portraying her as conniving, self-aware, pitiful, frenzied, absurd, and heartbroken—impossible yet deeply sympathetic. As she navigates the only life she has, Cassandra confronts her fraught bond with Judith, her brandy-soaked retired philosopher father, and the lingering presence of her deceased mother.