Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
In this unexpected, heartwarming, thought-provoking collection, more than two dozen of our most perceptive and entertaining writers offer "darkly funny ruminations on getting hitched" (People). Anyone who is intimidated by the prospect of planning a wedding will laugh out loud and take solace in Altared. It's all here. Fantasies. Realities. Fond memories. A few regrets. From planning it to doing it and everything in between.
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
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction
| Colleen Curran Taking the Vow
The Child Bride (and Groom) | Julianna Baggott
The Wedding Vow | Curtis Sittenfeld
Diana, Martha, and Me | Catherine Ingrassia
The Dress
One Day | Elizabeth Crane
The Girl, the Dress, and the Leap | Lara Vapnyar
Back in Black | Lisa Carver
Plans & Preparations
There Went the Bride | Carina Chocano
My Bridal Meltdown | Rory Evans
The Best-Laid Wedding Plans | Jennifer Armstrong
Etiquette & Registry
Manners and the Marrying Girl | Elise Mac Adam
The Registry Strikes Back | Janelle Brown
Weddings & the Single Girl
It All Started with Princess Di | Daisy de Villeneuve
The Honor of My Presence | Meghan Daum
Family & Budget
Parental Control | Amy Sohn
My Perfect Wedding | Samina Ali
Going Bridal | Farah L. Miller
My Mothers Wedding, Myself | Gina Zucker
Father of the Bride | Kathleen Hughes
Getting Hitched
First, Reader, I Made Him Up, and Then I Married Him | Jacquelyn Mitchard
The Second Trimester | Ruth Davis Konigsberg
My So-Called Indie Wedding | Lori Leibovich
Weddings Arent Just for Straight People Anymore | Anne Carle
Rubber Chicken | Julie Powell
To Have or Have Not: Sex on the Wedding Night | Jill Eisenstadt
For Better or for Worse?
Survivor Honeymoon | Amanda Eyre Ward
Weddings for Everyone | Amy Bloom
Happily Ever After | Dani Shapiro
Contributors
Acknowledgments