A Little for the Wedding
Editorial Idea - Every wedding offers almost unlimited potential for disaster. In paperback, Wedding Readings is a must for every engaged couple.
Before You Walk Down the Aisle
True tales of floral fiascoes, ruinous receptions, honeymoon horrors and other bridal calamities! Wedding nightmares, as told to the editors of Brides Magazine: A bride’s veil catches fire. A $5,000 diamond ring accidentally disappears into the plumbing. Instead of the “Wedding March,” a muddled organist delivers a rousing rendition of “You’re A Grand Old Flag” as the amazed bride walks down the aisle.
Every wedding offers almost unlimited potential for disaster, and here’s the proof: a delightful collection of outrageous but true tales drawn from the files of America’s most popular bridal magazine. From collapsed wedding cakes to wedding day hurricanes and seasoned with anecdotes on the nuptials of famous personages, this is a delightful compendium of bridal disasters, the natural conclusion to “Dates From Hell” and a riotous reminder to newlyweds that things could have been much, much worse!
Wedding Readings, Centuries of Writing and Rituals on Love and Marriage, selected by Eleanor Munro. Finally available in paperback, Wedding Readings is a must for every engaged couple. Culled from both sacred and secular texts, with passages suitable for either traditional or informal ceremonies of all denominations, the selections include pieces from Plato and Sappho, Shakespeare and Donne, Pascal and Montaigne, as well an Aztec love song, a Buddhist homily, an Irish blessing and some surprising passages from the Old and New Testaments. With a myriad of choices, Wedding Readings will help couples add a special, personal touch to their ceremony.
Weddiquette, the answers to all your wedding etiquette questions by Yetta Gruen. There’s no doubt that weddings are events fraught with all the best and worst of emotions. The decision of whose names to put on a wedding announcement for a bride with divorced parents can cause not only confusion, but embarrassment and hurt feelings as well. This indispensable and friendly guide from a former Washington Post bridal editor will help you plan every stage of your wedding with ease. With hundreds of Q&A style anecdotes, this is a witty and informative resource for anyone embarking on the road to marital bliss.
Creative Weddings, an up-to-date guide to making your wedding as unique as you are. By the authors of You Can’t Hurry Love: An intimate look at first marriage after 40. Finally, a wedding planner to help couples who want to forge their own traditions. Authors Laurie Levin and Laura Golden Bellotti provide an upbeat, inspirational approach for older couples, couples who have experienced divorce, couples with step families, couples with children, interfaith couples and all newlyweds to be who want to have a unique wedding. This book will be an indispensable planner for couples who want their weddings to be memorable, beautiful and completely personal.