Lc Classification Number
Hq745.A357 2007
Reviews
" "Altared" provides us with a rare window onto the comedy, the stress and the just plain strangeness of the whole wedding process. In this engaging collection of essays, women break through the sugary bridal hype and tell it like it is." -- Dr. Anna Fels, author of" Necessary Dreams" " The wishes, aspirations and dreams of marriage are blissful and painful. . . . All the intricate nuances are hysterically and explicitly explored and captured in" Altared,"" -- Zac Posen, Fashion Designer, "Darkly funny ruminations on getting hitched." People "Refreshingly unsentimental." O, The Oprah Magazine, "Altaredprovides us with a rare window onto the comedy, the stress and the just plain strangeness of the whole wedding process. In this engaging collection of essays, women break through the sugary bridal hype and tell it like it is." - Dr. Anna Fels, author ofNecessary Dreams "The wishes, aspirations and dreams of marriage are blissful and painful. . . . All the intricate nuances are hysterically and explicitly explored and captured inAltared." - Zac Posen, Fashion Designer, " Darkly funny ruminations on getting hitched." "- People" " Refreshingly unsentimental." "- ""O, The Oprah Magazine", "Darkly funny ruminations on getting hitched."People "Refreshingly unsentimental."O, The Oprah Magazine
Table of Content
Introduction Colleen Curran Taking the Vow The Child Bride (and Groom) Julianna Baggott The Wedding Vow Curtis Sittenfeld Diana, Martha, and Me Catherine Ingrassia The Dress One Day Elizabeth Crane The Girl, the Dress, and the Leap Lara Vapnyar Back in Black Lisa Carver Plans & Preparations There Went the Bride Carina Chocano My Bridal Meltdown Rory Evans The Best-Laid Wedding Plans Jennifer Armstrong Etiquette & Registry Manners and the Marrying Girl Elise Mac Adam The Registry Strikes Back Janelle Brown Weddings & the Single Girl It All Started with Princess Di Daisy de Villeneuve The Honor of My Presence Meghan Daum Family & Budget Parental Control Amy Sohn My Perfect Wedding Samina Ali Going Bridal Farah L. Miller My Mother's Wedding, Myself Gina Zucker Father of the Bride Kathleen Hughes Getting Hitched First, Reader, I Made Him Up, and Then I Married Him Jacquelyn Mitchard The Second Trimester Ruth Davis Konigsberg My So-Called Indie Wedding Lori Leibovich Weddings Aren't Just for Straight People Anymore Anne Carle Rubber Chicken Julie Powell To Have or Have Not: Sex on the Wedding Night Jill Eisenstadt For Better or for Worse? Survivor Honeymoon Amanda Eyre Ward Weddings for Everyone Amy Bloom Happily Ever After Dani Shapiro Contributors Acknowledgments
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Marriage & Long-Term Relationships, Topic / Marriage & Family, Weddings, Essays
Lccn
2006-038706
Dewey Decimal
395.2/2
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Family & Relationships, Référence, Literary Collections, Humor
