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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.8153
EAN num: 9780812976014
ISBN number: 0812976010
Label: Villard
Manufacturer: Villard
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 256
Printing Date: January 02, 2007
Publishing house: Villard
Release Date: January 02, 2007
Sale Popularity Level: 370461
Studio: Villard
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'For any woman who is currently trapped in the middle of a Bridal Wave-this book is your lifesaver!'
-Liz Tuccillo, co-author of He's Just Not That Into You
'A funny and genuinely helpful book that should be on every single woman's shelf.'
-Karen McCullah Lutz, cowriter of Legally Blonde
It starts with the IGBN (I've Got Big News) phone calls and a mailbox full of Save the Dates. Next comes the meltdown: I always thought I'd be married by now. Why does she have a ring on her finger and I don't? Soon you're buying outrageously expensive china, dancing the electric slide with the groom's dull but available cousin, and envisioning a long and single life for you and a dozen or so cats. But fear not!
Now Erin Torneo and Valerie Cabrera Krause show you how to surf The Bridal Wave on your own terms. This hilarious and practical guide to surviving the wedding blitz reveals the sanity-saving secrets to dealing with all manner of matri-mania, including how to
* manage finances during the costly wedding season
* turn brutal self-examination ('What's wrong with me?') into empowering self-reflection ('Nothing!')
* cope with envy and feelings of competition
* deal with lobridemized friends
* avoid settling for Mr. Wrong just to fit the timeline in your head
* actually enjoy being a bridesmaid, despite the dress
Like the best of friends, Erin and Valerie will help you separate fact from fairy tale-and stay sane, whether you're coupled-up, single and looking, or single and just fine, thank you very much!
'Torneo and Krause's advice will be eagerly gobbled up by legions of women.'
-Celeste Perron, author of Playing House
'Will ease your wedding panic with humour and intelligence.'
-Andrea Lavinthal, co-author of The Hookup Handbook
'Hilarious, practical, and wise, The Bridal Wave is the ally every smart, independent woman deserves to have in her corner. Not only that, but women who read this book will have a better shot at marrying for the right reasons--if, and when, they decide to marry at all.'
- Kamy Wicoff, author of I Do but I Don't: Walking Down the Aisle Without Losing Your Mind
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I read this book in a single sitting! And laughed SO hard. The authors get what you're going through, give excellent advice, and bust your gut. It's the perfect prescription for the blues.
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When you pick up this book, you certainly know what you're getting. It's entertaining and comforting though not entirely earthshattering. I found this book to give some good pointers in dealing with your "IGBN" friends and found an interesting statistic: 88% of people marry at least once in their life. Obviously if there's a book on this topic......well then I'm not the only one!
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This book is hilarious!! I laughed on just about every page! It is sooo true and sooo funny. I really enjoyed this book and related to it to a "T". I am 25 and caught in the middle of the bridal wave and this book really tells it like it is and gives great ideas that help get through these times....and makes it seem not so bad because there is a better way to handle this situation. This book is great for any single who feels that everyone around her is getting married but her and that she feels like shes being picked last for the kickball team, or someone in a relationship that is chomping at the bit waiting for her boyfriend to propose while watching her friends "flash the ice" and make that trip down the isle. I LOVED reading this and I think everyone else will too!!
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Well I happen to be friends with one of the authors' "current boyfriend" mentioned in the book. I bought it mostly to support her but I figured I might as well read it so I could come up with something nice to say about it. This is not the kind of book I would normally pick up. I thought it would be kind of...you know...self help book for the twenty/thirty something single girl. But I started to read it and I could not put it down. It was well written, funny, sarcastic, didn't take itself too seriously, and an amazingly apt description of what is happening to my group of girlfriends right now. I bought copies for my remaining three unmarried friends. Yes, there are only three (plus me), and that's from two different social circles. I thought this book was fantastic and I really appreciate having it around right now. It has provided some much needed perspective during a somewhat rough time in my life. Reading it, I feel like I know the authors and I really really like them. Every woman going through a "bridal wave" should have this book as a reminder that you aren't the only one out there not getting married. I would also recommend this book to those women who ARE making the choice to wed...it gives a nice perspective of both sides and has the potential to save a lot of valuable friendships.
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This book was excellent; I just went through all this with my best friend a few months ago and it really put into perspective what I've been going through. I was really missing our old friendship and feeling sorry for me: why am I not married/in a serious relationship, etc. It made me look at things on a much more positive side. Besides that, the anecdotes are wonderful! I got it from the library but it made me feel so good and had such great advice for getting through this with your dignity intact and without winging out at the reception! that I am going to buy my own copy!!
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