Miss Manners' Guide to a Surprisingly Dignified Wedding
Today's brides are bombarded with wedding advice that promises perfection but urges achieving it through selfishness ("It's your wedding, and you can do whatever you like"), greed (choosing the presents that guests are directed to buy), and showing off ("This is your chance to show everyone what you're about"). Couples wishing to resist such pressure see elopement or a slapdash wedding as the only alternatives to a gaudy blowout. But none of these choices appealed to a bride who happened to have been brought up by Miss Manners. Judith Martin and her newlywed daughter, Jacobina, explain how to have a dignified ceremony and delightful celebration without succumbing to the now-prevalent pattern of the vulgar, money-draining wedding that exhausts families and exploits friends.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0393069141
ISBN13:9780393069143
Release Date:January 2010
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.36 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"
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One of her best!
Published by AlInChgo , 3 years ago
This 2010 book is an updating and revision of an earlier 1995 book on weddings, and emerges as one of Miss Manners' best. Together with her daughter Jacobina Martin, Judith Martin has steered us through the shoals of bad behavior into the 21st Century, tackling such topics as no-show guests, mercenary bridal parties and their grabby gift registries, and the challenges of excessive e-mail. Anyone planning a wedding would benefit from this volume, as would all those who appreciate the authors' legendary wit.
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