Mother of the Bride: The Dream, the Reality, the Search for a Perfect Dress

by Ilene Beckerman

Overview

“An account that is sweetly sentimental and brutally honest, touching and witty—in short, a true gem.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“A work that adds great luster to an already golden event.” — The Memphis Commercial Appeal

“Her prose is spare, but rich with meaning and always very honest.” — The Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Pithy wit and cute drawings sketch the happy tears, bittersweet memories and flares of anxiety that a daughter’s wedding elicits.” — The Dallas Morning News

The relationship between a mother and daughter is often fraught— but never so much as during the preparations for that walk down the aisle. Ilene Beckerman has taken that walk with three daughters and tells us—with great wisdom and wit—why childbirth is less painful than planning a wedding.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565127784
Publisher:	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Publication date:	04/08/2005
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
Sales rank:	889,163
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Ilene Beckerman was nearly sixty when she began her writing career. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Ladies’ Home Journal. She has judged People's "Best and Worst Dressed" issue and has traveled the country, speaking to women's groups. “Sometimes,” she says, “i feel like Grandma Moses—she didn’t start until later in life either—but i try not to look like her.”

Editorial Reviews

This hilarious yet poignant memoir is the perfect gift for any mother of a bride-to-be. Beckerman, author of Love, Loss, and What I Wore, muses on everything from the mother-of-the-bride dress to hors d'oeuvres at the wedding to a mother's changing relationship with her adult daughter.

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