One Perfect Day

One Perfect Day

$24.00

SKU: 9780143113843

Description

Astutely observed and deftly witty, One Perfect Day masterfully mixes investigative journalism and social commentary to explore the workings of the wedding industry-an industry that claims to be worth $160 billion to the U.S. economy and which has every interest in ensuring that the American wedding becomes ever more lavish and complex. Taking us inside the workings of the wedding industry-including the swelling ranks of professional event planners, department stores with their online registries, the retailers and manufacturers of bridal gowns, and the Walt Disney Company and its Fairy Tale Weddings program-New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead skillfully holds the mirror up to the bride’s deepest hopes and fears about her wedding day, revealing that for better or worse, the way we marry is who we are.Rebecca Mead is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.US

Additional information

Dimensions 0.5800 × 5.5000 × 8.4000 in
Imprint

ISBN-13

ISBN-10

Author

Audience

BISAC

,

Subjects

to, how to, fashion, history books, ideas, entertaining, party, reference book, be, style, pop culture, groom, planning, money, essays, collection, her, bride, wedding planner, bachelorette, reference guide, bridal, sociology books, reference books, SOC026010, REF024000, groomsmen, wedding planning book, wedding planners and organizers, guide, gift, feminism, best, for, shower, culture, business, self help, marriage, etiquette, work, maid, gifts, and, history, of, comedy, engagement, motherhood, career, Sociology, journalism, funny, economics, beauty, the, honor, wedding