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Altared: Bridezillas, Bewilderment, Big Love, Breakups, and What Women Really Think about Contemporary Weddings (Vintage)

by Colleen Curran

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ISBN13: 9780307277633
ISBN10: 0307277631
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Original essays by Top Women Writers

Julianna Baggott _ Curtis Sittenfeld _ Catherine Ingrassia _ Elizabeth Crane 

Lara Vapnyar _ Lisa Carver _ Carina Chocano _ Rory Evans _ Jennifer Armstrong _ Elise Mac Adam _ Janelle Brown _ Daisy de Villeneuve _ Meghan Daum _ Amy Sohn _ Samina Ali _ Farah L. Miller _ Gina Zucker _ Kathleen Hughes _ Jacquelyn Mitchard _ Ruth Davis Konigsberg _ Lori Leibovich _ Julie Powell _ Jill Eisenstadt _ Anne Carle _ Amanda Eyre Ward _ Amy Bloom _ Dani Shapiro

Anyone who is intimated by the prospect of planning a wedding will laugh out loud and take solace in Altared. In this unexpected, heartwarming, thought-provoking collection, more than two dozen of our most perceptive and entertaining writers offer a wide range of takes on the modern wedding.  It's all here. Fantasies. Realities. Fond memories. A few regrets. From planning it to doing it and everything in between.

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“Darkly funny ruminations on getting hitched.” –People

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“Refreshingly unsentimental.” O, The Oprah Magazine

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Heartwarming, unexpected, and often deeply funny, this collection of essays offers what no other bridal book does--real stories from top writers on what weddings mean to them.

About the Author

Colleen Curran was engaged for three years before she planned her own wedding. Fearful of the process and confused by what it meant to plan a wedding, she set out to find out how other women view weddings today. Her stories have been published in places like Jane and The Dictionary of Failed Relationships. Whores on the Hill was her debut novel and is available from Vintage Books. She married her fiancé this past summer, after beginning work on this anthology, and is now happily married in Richmond, Virginia where she lives and works.

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hwh20, May 4, 2007 (view all comments by hwh20)
Love it! These talented writers together in one place is a must read for anyone in the process of getting married. The real life accounts and insights into the modern wedding experience are a much needed and refreshing read in a market saturated with ridiculously high pressures. I laughed, I cried, I was inspired to make 100 clothespin doll replicas of myself and my groom.
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ISBN:
9780307277633
Subtitle:
Bridezillas, Bewilderment, Big Love, Breakups, and What Women Really Think about Contemporary Weddings
Author:
Curran, Colleen
Author:
Edited by Colleen Curran
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Subject:
Marriage
Subject:
Weddings
Subject:
Anecdotes
Series:
Vintage
Publication Date:
May 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
368
Dimensions:
7.96x5.30x.78 in. .76 lbs.
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