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Title: Mother of the Bride: The Dream, the Reality, the Search for a Perfect Dress by Ilene Beckerman ISBN: 1-56512-259-3 Publisher: Algonquin Books Pub. Date: 07 April, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: You'll laugh, you'll cry -- you know the drill =)
Comment: This is basically an autobiographical comic short story, with wacky illustrations to add to the fun. I bought it as a Mother's Day present for my mom right after I got engaged, and we read it aloud together in our favorite spot on the front porch, passing the book when one of us was overcome with laughter -- or tears. Ilene Beckerman can really write, and she does it with devastating humor and tear-jerking poignancy as she explores -- from the front row view of the mother of the bride -- the fun, the fights, the work, the tears, the trials, and often the complete insanity that all contribute to the creation of a beautiful wedding. At the same time, she critically (and beautifully) examines the complex relationship between a mother and her daughter. This short little gem will help you remember the things you appreciate most about your mother, your daughter...or both.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Gift
Comment: When my daughter became engaged, I got three copies of this book as gifts. I loved it so much that I have given away the two extra copies that I received to friends who will soon be MOBs!
The book is so real, so funny, so poignant. It succinctly summed up the relationship between mothers and daughters as it detailed the intricate and involved planning process for today's weddings. I loved the way Beckerman gave us glimpses of her daughter's growing-up years.
I felt every feeling the author was feeling --- I laughed, I cried, and I called my daughter to read portions to her.
And today....I found the perfect dress!!!
Rating: 5
Summary: An absolute "must-read" for any Mother of the Bride
Comment: As the mother of a recently engaged daughter (my first, so this is very new to me!), I'm heading for the bookstores and the libraries to read up on how to plan a wedding. In the midst of books about what the maid of honor's duties are, lists of lists, pages of worksheets, and tomes about every single thing that a successful wedding...
There stands a small pink book that has a cover illustration which communicates as succinctly as the subtitle "The Dream, the Reality, the Search for a Perfect Dress." This book is 156 pages long, but can be read in an hour or so (including time to linger over illustrations and time to laugh some hearty laughs and shed a few tears).
Ilene Beckerman is not only the author of this book, but its illustrator as well. And that's part of the beauty of this book; the drawings are so perfectly entwined in the text.
It's a rare and very special author who can have you laughing one second and crying the next - especially when the author doesn't use a lot of words! Ilene succeeds beautifully in this wonderful combination.
From the book: "What do five girls - one short, one tall, one buxom, one flat, one who gave birth a month ago - have in common? A bridesmaid's dress they all hate."
Throughout the book, Ilene zigs and zags from telling about planning her daughter's wedding to writing about her daughter as a little girl and their very special relationship during her grown-up years. In a world where way too many people can't wait for their children to grow up and leave home, this type of writing is both poignant and refreshing.
Here's a letter that the author wrote to her daughter as the wedding grew nearer "I never knew before I had you that I could love anyone so much. You won't understand the feeling until you hold your own baby in your arms. I'm afraid you won't need me now that youo're married. I helped you get over your separation anxiety in nursery school. Now I need you to help me to get over mine." Then she says that she never sent that letter.
I really appreciated the review of this book that was written by a husband and father who called himself "A reader from NJ". He says that this book isn't just for women and I wholeheartedly agree. My husband laughs and cries simultaneously when watching his favorite movie "Father of the Bride." I think I'm going to go show him this book right now.
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Title: The Mother-Of-The-Bride Book: Giving Your Daughter a Wonderful Wedding by Sharon Naylor ISBN: 0806521864 Publisher: Citadel Trade Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: What No One Tells the Bride: Surviving the Wedding, Sex After the Honeymoon by Marg Stark ISBN: 078688262X Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 03 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Bridesmaid Guide by Kate Chynoweth, Neryl Walker ISBN: 0811833003 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: For the Mother of the Groom by Mary Martin ISBN: 1401072577 Publisher: Xlibris Corporation Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.99 |
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Title: The Little Flower Girl by Linda Trace Brandon ISBN: 0679876952 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 11 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $3.25 |
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