Mother of the Bride: The Dream, the Reality, the Search for a Perfect Dress
The relationship between a mother and daughter is often fraught-but never so much as during the preparations for a daughter's wedding. Who better to offer a fresh perspective on weddings than the mother of the bride? And who better to describe it-the agony and the ecstasy-than Ilene "Gingy" Beckerman, who's married off three daughters and remembers it all very clearly.\ --The high cost of wedding cakes: "I could have had a lifetime supply of Entenmann's chocolate doughnuts!"\ --Bridesmaid...
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When Ilene Beckerman told us the story of her clothes in Love, Loss, and What I Wore, she captivated women of all ages. Her story moved people to tears and made us laugh out loud, too. Ilene--"Gingy," as she's known--showed us ourselves. Now Gingy looks at one of life's happiest (and most stressful) events: the planning of a daughter's wedding. Once again this Everywoman takes us lovingly, and hilariously, through another passage in a woman's life. Whether it's searching for a mother-of-the-bride dress that doesn't look like something Mrs. Khrushchev would have worn, or choosing hors d'oeuvres that won't give the guests indigestion, Gingy offers a fresh look at a subject that needs a fresh look. She describes a year of agony and ecstasy--and along the way shares with us a mother's love and expectations for her daughter.
\ From Barnes & NobleThis 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.\ \
