Altared (eBook, ePUB)

Bridezillas, Bewilderment, Big Love, Breakups, and What Women Really Think About Contemporary Weddings
Redaktion: Curran, Colleen

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Original essays by Top Women Writers Julianna Baggott _ Curtis Sittenfeld _ Catherine Ingrassia _ Elizabeth Crane Lara Vapnyar _ Lisa Carver _ Carina Chocano _ Rory Evans _ Jennifer Armstrong _ Elise Mac Adam _ Janelle Brown _ Daisy de Villeneuve _ Meghan Daum _ Amy Sohn _ Samina Ali _ Farah L. Miller _ Gina Zucker _ Kathleen Hughes _ Jacquelyn Mitchard _ Ruth Davis Konigsberg _ Lori Leibovich _ Julie Powell _ Jill Eisenstadt _ Anne Carle _ Amanda Eyre Ward _ Amy Bloom _ Dani Shapiro Anyone who is intimated by the prospect of planning a wedding will laugh out loud and take solace in Altared. In this unexpected, heartwarming, thought-provoking collection, more than two dozen of our most perceptive and entertaining writers offer a wide range of takes on the modern wedding. It's all here. Fantasies. Realities. Fond memories. A few regrets. From planning it to doing it and everything in between.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780307481351
• Artikelnr.: 39204569

Autorenporträt

Edited by Colleen Curran

Inhaltsangabe

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