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Walking Down the Aisle without Losing Your Mind
Da Capo Press
May 2006
299 pages ISBN: 0738210129 Hardcover
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Sandwiched between feminist ideals and the allure of the
traditional wedding, a modern woman's look at what it means
to be a bride Why is the stereotypical image of the
bride before her wedding day that of a stressed, moody,
indecisive, and frustrated woman cracking under pressure and
snapping at everyone in sight? Why does being a bride feel
like going through a second adolescence? And why, with the
rate of couples seeking counseling for wedding-related debt
doubling from year to year, do we continue to spend absurd
amounts of money on this institution? Examining how
the pressure to give into the crowd (mothers,
mothers-in-law, caterers, dressmakers, bridesmaids, the
groom himself) and the associated traditions (wearing white,
being given away, being introduced as Mr. and Mrs. Groom) is
sometimes at odds with the "progress" the bride and groom
may have made on these issues in private, Kamy Wicoff
answers these questions and more in this
sure-to-be-talked-about look at the modern bride. Through
poignant and funny personal experience, eye-opening
conversations with other brides, and scholarly and popular
research, she strives to find both the personal and cultural
meaning of all the trappings and traditions-from the
proposal to the ring, to the dress, and even the
bachelorette party. Her insights will blow the roof off the
proverbial wedding tent. Her passionate argument for
conscious marriage will ring true to the thousands of women
planning weddings every day. To keep our sanity, our
integrity, and our relationships intact, Wicoff says, "the
way we marry matters."
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