Miss Manners on Weddings
by Judith Martin
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Author: Judith MartinEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-01-26
ISBN: 0609604317
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Crown
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Book Review: Surprisingly witty every time
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this book for my father, who is about to be remarried. The lessons of the book are mainly concerned with the weddings of more idealistic, first-time couples with larger weddings in mind, but since my dad used to read "Miss Manner's Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior" to us as kids (for humor more than etiquette), I thought it would be a fun gift. You'll have a good laugh with this book even if you are just planning to attend a wedding, or have ever attended one. As for engaged couples and their parents and other close relatives, this book is a practical guide to keeping your head on your shoulders and creating a beautiful, wonderful wedding without ruining relationships or creating such high expectations that the ensuing marriage is lackluster. Miss Manners states in her introduction that the book is not intended for brides, since they already have enough to worry about, but if you are a bride-to-be and have not yet really entered the fray of wedding planners and bridal showers, and can take some constructive criticism, it wouldn't hurt to check this book out. The question and answer inserts between Miss Manners and her "gentle readers" are particularly illuminating, and Martin (Miss Manners) includes proper invitation examples and other such practical material. Most of all, Miss Manner's wit and sense of etiquette based on human decency rather than petty formal tradition are refreshing and make the even the sterner of her lessons and warnings easy to swallow...if you can stop chuckling.
Summary of Miss Manners on Weddings
Elaborate weddings are back in style, creating etiquette anxiety, but do not fear--Miss Manners is here to give you the dos and don'ts of the day.With weddings today resembling a hybrid of the Academy Awards, the Super Bowl, and the Miss America Pageant--and brides running roughshod over loved ones in their quests for a Perfect Day--everyone involved needs a handbook of wedding etiquette to get through the big event with dignity, families, and finances intact. Here is the final word: Miss Manners on Weddings.
This classic guide to wedding etiquette sets out the real obligations and responsibilities of the friends and family of the couple, from the mother of the bride and the maid of honor to the ushers and the bride's father's girlfriend. In her trademark witty, authoritative voice, Miss Manners lays down the law on the complete range of subjects: the engagement, the shower, the invitations, the gifts, the reception--an approach that will make weddings more pleasant for one and all, even the bride.
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