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Book Synopsis Wanted: White Wedding by : Natasha Oakley
Download or read book Wanted: White Wedding written by Natasha Oakley and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeing Daniel Ramsey struggle with fatherhood makes memories of Freya's past come flooding back. Freya was a wild child, but on the inside she always dreamed of happy ever afters and white weddings. It was a way to escape the troubles of home. Now she's grown up, stunning and successful, and she knows she can help Daniel and his daughter. But Freya's afraid of getting too close.… She still has her secrets, locked up tight. Could it be that after all these years, she's met the man who has the ability to see straight into her heart?
Book Synopsis My Wedding Dress by : Susan Whelehan
Download or read book My Wedding Dress written by Susan Whelehan and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-07-23 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of beloved anthologies of women's essay writing, this collection offers twenty-six true stories from well-known writers and fresh new literary voices writing about a touchstone garment in a women’s lives--the wedding dress. These are intimate stories about relationships; not just those between men and women, but between women and their mothers, friends and children. And, of course, with their wedding attire – a relationship that is sometimes simple, sometimes complex, but always fascinating in what it tells us about individual lives and aspirations. Some of the tales are humorous – the bride whose skin turns fuchsia on her wedding night or the woman whose shopping-savvy aunt takes her to New York’s garment district. Some are romantic – the woman who puts on her dress eight years after her wedding only to be caught by her husband when he comes home early from work or the quickie immigration wedding that turned into the real thing. Some are devastating – the bride who loses her mother to illness only days before her wedding or the woman whose mother tells of being kidnapped by her future husband. And some are revealing – the woman who wears her first wedding dress for her initiation ceremony into a convent and her second to marry her beloved; the dress that waited patiently in a shop window and then hidden in a box on a closet shelf; the same-sex wedding at age eighty; the thrift shop wedding dress that gets used for everything but a wedding. All are honest, personal and profoundly moving. “Something Old” looks at how traditions like honouring one’s ancestors affected wedding dress choices, from a grandmother’s gift to a father’s old leather jacket, but also at how such traditions can play a role in ways you least expect. The pieces in “Something New” focus on dreams for the future, whether that means breaking away from the expectations of one’s family or choosing/creating a wedding dress (and a future) on your own. In “Something Borrowed,” writers tell of all the reasons behind borrowing (or trying to borrow!) dresses, for whatever reason, and “Something Blue . . . Or Peach . . . Or Striped . . . Or Floral . . .” looks at exactly that–the non-traditional choices women have made, and why. These stories run the gamut of experiences connected to the iconic dress and day. If we work away at the seams, even the simplest of wedding outfits reveals all manner of memories and meanings. And whether you’ve ever worn a wedding dress or not, the stories in this collection will have you looking with new eyes on your own life, and exploring what the words “wedding dress” mean to you. Contributors: Joanne Arnott Anita Rau Badami Adwoa Badoe Amy Cameron Stevie Cameron Sandra Campbell Anne Laurel Carter Lorna Crozier Rebecca Cunningham Laurie Elmquist Alisa Gordaneer Jessica Ruth Harris Kathleen Boyle Hatcher Rosemary Hood Michele Landsberg Mary T. Malone Jenny Manzer Ami McKay Jane Munro Margaret Goudie Parsons Gianna Patriarca Elyse Pomeranz Edeet Ravel Kerri Sakamoto Ilana Stanger-Ross Darla Tenold Susan Whelehan Jamie Zeppa
Book Synopsis As Long as We Both Shall Love by : Karen M. Dunak
Download or read book As Long as We Both Shall Love written by Karen M. Dunak and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In As Long as We Both Shall Love, Karen M. Dunak provides a nuanced history of the American wedding and its celebrants. Blending an analysis of film, fiction, advertising, and prescriptive literature with personal views from letters, diaries, essays, and oral histories, Dunak demonstrates the ways in which the modern wedding epitomizes a diverse and consumerist culture and aims to reveal an ongoing debate about the power of peer culture, media, and the marketplace in America.
Book Synopsis Young House Love by : Sherry Petersik
Download or read book Young House Love written by Sherry Petersik and published by Artisan. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.
Book Synopsis Whatever the Hell You Want by : Kelly Guenther
Download or read book Whatever the Hell You Want written by Kelly Guenther and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2024-10-08 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Screw the expectations. You can live a life that is bigger than the little boxes others have tried to put you in. In a world that tells you no, Whatever the Hell You Want is telling you yes. Through personal stories and insights from their international podcast series, The Breakout, Keri Ohlrich, PhD, and Kelly Guenther bring their twenty-plus years of coaching and corporate-change expertise to help you redefine what you want in your life—outside the expectations that have been placed on you by your parents, partners, society, and even yourself. Decades of working with small businesses and Fortune 500 companies led them to create the BREAK model for real change. In Whatever the Hell You Want, Keri and Kelly share their unique big and little moments when they defied the status quo and used BREAK to transform their own lives. We all deserve happiness, security, joy, peace, and authenticity, which can only be achieved when we are living a life we have chosen. This book will teach you how to • identify the little boxes of expectation that have kept you trapped, • map out your escape plan for breaking out of those boxes, • live a life of unwavering choice and lasting freedom. Best friends as well as business partners, Kelly and Keri have infused Whatever the Hell You Want with humor, practical action steps, and the inspiration you need to live the life you want.
Download or read book Choices written by Lenny Smith and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-06-13 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In life there will always be choices and the right choice is often the hardest one to make; you've got to ask yourself, can you live with the consequences? When everything falls apart, you can either give up or learn to pick up the pieces and start again and that is exactly what Karla Berkeley does. Heading to New York, Karla is ready to embark on her happy ever after, only things are not quite as she hoped they would be, or should be! Karla finds herself facing new challenges but when faced with the toughest one of all, will she find the strength to keep going or will she fall back into the clutches of her addiction? She soon realises that the only way to keep herself from slipping is to shut down, but at what cost?
Download or read book A Practical Wedding written by Meg Keene and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion to the popular website APracticalWedding.com and A Practical Wedding Planner, A Practical Wedding helps you sort through the basics to create the wedding you want -- without going broke or crazy in the process. After all, what really matters on your wedding day is not so much how it looked as how it felt. In this refreshing guide, expert Meg Keene shares her secrets to planning a beautiful celebration that reflects your taste and your relationship. You'll discover: The real purpose of engagement (hint: it's not just about the planning) How to pinpoint what matters most to you and your partner DIY-ing your wedding: brilliant or crazy? How to communicate decisions to your family Why that color-coded spreadsheet is actually worth it Wedding Zen can be yours. Meg walks you through everything from choosing a venue to writing vows, complete with stories and advice from women who have been in the trenches: the Team Practical brides. So here's to the joyful wedding, the sensible wedding, the unbelievably fun wedding! A Practical Wedding is your complete guide to getting married with grace.
Download or read book Catalogue written by Montgomery Ward and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Wedding Dress Across Cultures by : Helen Bradley Foster
Download or read book Wedding Dress Across Cultures written by Helen Bradley Foster and published by . This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the Victorian white wedding dominates western bridal dress and large portions of former colonial empires, marriage rituals vary significantly throughout the world. The Japanese, for instance, combine both traditional ceremonies with receptions utilizing western approaches to dress. In the Andes the bride will personally create a multi-layered dress to showcase her weaving skills. Berber brides in Morocco wear binding clothing that covers their faces, a notable contrast to Canadian prairie-province brides whose stylized gowns individualize and enhance body shape. This engaging book examines the evolution and ritual functions of wedding attire within the context of particular cultures. It raises questions as to the relationship between contemporary wedding attire and traditional values. It discusses the changes international migrations have had upon the wedding dress of several ethnic groups. It provides insights into numerous societal relationships to weddings, such as the ban on bridal-produced embroidery in dowries in India, the challenges individual values have to larger societal ones in themed weddings, and the relationship between the return to pre-western attire and identity politics. Exploring these issues, the authors provide unusual insights into the centrality of dress in shaping individual identity as well as its importance in reflecting cultural values and ideals.
Book Synopsis The Smart Set by : George Jean Nathan
Download or read book The Smart Set written by George Jean Nathan and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Marriage Rites and Rights by : Joanna Miles
Download or read book Marriage Rites and Rights written by Joanna Miles and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have seen extensive discussion about the continuing retreat from marriage, the increasing demand for the right to marry from previously excluded groups, and the need to protect those who do not wish to marry from being forced to do so. At the same time, weddings are big business, couples are spending more than ever before on getting married, and marriage ceremonies are increasingly elaborate. It is therefore timely to reflect on the rites of marriage, as well as the right to marry (or not to marry), and the relationship between them. To this end, this new interdisciplinary collection brings together scholars from numerous fields, including law, sociology, anthropology, psychology, demography, theology and art and design. Focusing on England and Wales, it explores in depth the specific issues arising from this jurisdiction's Anglican heritage, demographic development, current laws and social practices.
Book Synopsis Diary of a Nappy Head by : Theresa Anne
Download or read book Diary of a Nappy Head written by Theresa Anne and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To those around Jergen Black, beauty equaled having straight hair; it was an equation that she never quite understood. All her young life, Jergen watched her now thin-haired mother, Mamma Dee, constantly smoke up the kitchen with a hot comb while straightening people's hair and bragging about how beautiful they were going to look when she finished. Jergen's choice to wear her hair natural is constantly critiqued by those around her, as well as by her "ghetto" grandmother who dates Stockton, the town drug lord who is half her age. Not only does Jergen have to worry about her mother becoming bald from burning out her own hair, she also has to worry about her grandmother's dangerous lifestyle getting the best of her. Jotting down the events of the day in the new diary that her ex-boyfriend's mother gave her provides Jergen with an outlet for her to express her thoughts freely. Jergen is able to make it through with the help of her three best friends who call themselves "La Natural"- four very smart black beauties who happily wear their hair natural and show it off despite the reaction they receive from the outside world.
Book Synopsis Life and Poetic Emotions by : LadyBlue2000
Download or read book Life and Poetic Emotions written by LadyBlue2000 and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I started writing many years ago. At fi rst it was just mental therapy for me. My doctor, very great psychologist told me that if I wrote my feelings down on paper that it would help me feel better and cope with whats bothering me in my head. I suffered many horrors in my life and I needed a way cope and live a normal life. Well my life isnt exactly normal as you will read. And neither are some of my poems. The question for me to ask is anyones life really normal? I wanted my life to be written so that the future generations of my family will know about me. And will know of how I became the person that I ended up to be. By accident I realized that I could write poems of many kinds. A guarantee that you will laugh and sometimes cry and even learn from my poems. Of how to love, heal, cope, laugh, cry, live and get even through my poems. Many of my friends online around the world give me subjects to write about. To be their words for them to speak to others. To help, to Heal, to dream, reasons to live and reasons to want to pray. And reasons to not want to die. I thought to myself that if Im going to be a writer that I dont want to let one subject to be untouched. To speak out words that I feel need to be heard through my poems. I want my book to be of help to others for whatever needs they have. And I pray with my whole heart that you get something good out of what you are about to read. And whether you believe it or not you will fi nd in my book of something that you might need written in one or more of my poems. And the life story is to help you know that your life is better than you may have thought. In my poems there is something for everyone. And that means you. My e-mail is written in my book if you would like to write me or even comment on my book. Weather good or bad happy or sad I would like to know of how you feel.
Book Synopsis Crazy Poor Rednecks by : Jonathan P. Tomes
Download or read book Crazy Poor Rednecks written by Jonathan P. Tomes and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not all the family battles of young couples who want to marry occur among the fabulously wealthy Chinese families of Singapore. Paul Thompson and Miryam Fox hadn't seen Crazy Rich Asians but could have related to it if they had.Paul was a Yankee, city, and college boy, and a future Army officer at that. Mir was a student nurse from a family that lived across the river from Cincinnati in Northern Kentucky. Well, they say opposites attract, but when Mir brings Paul home to meet her family, the matriarch, Mamaw, has assembled the whole tribe to watch the hound dog, Fang, eat the Yankee city boy alive. Unfortunately for the clan, the only danger Paul had was in was being licked to death.The next few tests failed miserably. Although Paul couldn't drive a stick shift auto, he somehow managed to drive the tractor at one of the clan's farms, and when Mir's half brother, Bobby Lee, a noted barroom brawler, tried to take him down, that failed miserably.Paul's mother, who fancied herself the cream of society in a small town near Cincinnati, didn't think Mir was good enough for her son, but was unable to be impolite. Instead, she tried to run Mir off by taking over the wedding. Mir's choice in a small church in Taylor Mill, Kentucky, or the huge society wedding in a fancy event center in Cincinnati?When the hillbillies and the society family get together for the first time, things turn very interesting, but the couple averts a total catastrophe.But Paul's devious mind--he had been notified that he would be commissioned in military intelligence--and Mir's good common sense figure out how to deal with this with a plan that satisfies both families.But the rub is Paul's mother decides that both families should accompany the newlyweds on their honeymoon to Belize. Can the couple ditch them without a diplomatic incident? Will Bobby Lee see the inside of a Belizean jail? Or will the whole family? And can Paul and Mir get them out?Crazy Poor Rednecks is funny, suspenseful, and romantic. And it could even be true!
Book Synopsis The Glass Guardian by : Cecilia Fincher
Download or read book The Glass Guardian written by Cecilia Fincher and published by Author House. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a stressful divorce Crystal Dahn searches for a new place she can call home. In her search she is powerfully drawn to the small town of Willow Oak. Could Willow Oak be the place she is searching for? The one thing Crystal didn’t expect to fi nd was ghosts and love. The moment Crystal encounters the handyman John Morgan an instant flame ignites her hidden desire of loves lost passion. John Morgan returns home to reclaim his family’s home only to find out his Aunt Sara had already sold it. He finds more than he bargained for when he meets the woman who bought his parents home. Love’s passion ignited the moment he met the most desirable Crystal Dahn.
Book Synopsis Contemporary Consumption Rituals by : Cele C. Otnes
Download or read book Contemporary Consumption Rituals written by Cele C. Otnes and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004-05-20 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together scholars in consumer behavior, history, anthropology, religious studies, sociology, and communication, this is the first interdisciplinary anthology spanning the topic of ritual studies. It offers a multifaceted exploration of new rituals, such as Celebrating Kwanzaa, and of the ways entrenched rituals, such as Mardi Gras, gift giving, and weddings have changed. Moreover, it examines the influence of both cultures and subcultures, and will enhance our understanding of why and how consumers imbue goods and services with meaning during rituals. In this volume, the first in the Marketing and Consumer Psychology series: a religious studies scholar talks about the media representation of ritual; communication scholars discuss the transformational aspects of rituals surrounding alcohol consumption; a marketing scholar demonstrates the relevance of organizational behavior theory to understanding gift-giving rituals in the workplace; and a historian describes how the marketing of Kwanzaa was so integral to its successful adoption.
Book Synopsis Tidings of Peace by : Tracie Peterson
Download or read book Tidings of Peace written by Tracie Peterson and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four Christmas Love Stories in One Book! Bestselling author Tracie Peterson presents four Christmas love stories from World War II. Moving from the homefront here, to the front line, to the South Pacific, each story in Tidings of Peace features brave men and women trying to find meaning--and love--during the uncertainties of war. All the danger, difficulties, sadness, and hope experienced on both sides of the ocean is captured in these timeless novellas. the unique Christmas settings will put you in the spirit of the season, showing the miracles and mercy so often found during this time of celebrating Jesus' birth. Plus, as always, Peterson weaves tender spiritual lessons about God's design through the gentle love stories. The perfect blend of history and romance, Tidings of Peace is sure to grab the readers of Christian fiction readers everywhere.
