The Mother-Of-The-Bride Book: Giving
Your Daughter a Wonderful Wedding
by Sharon Naylor
Congratulations! Your little
girl is getting married! Once the initial excitement of the announcement
wears off, it becomes clear that Mother of the Bride is not just a title.
It's a role, with responsibilities and do's and don'ts.
The Mother-of-the-Bride Book explains that role and how it has changed over
time. It details the exact responsibilities of the Mother of the Bride (MOB)
from the earliest planning stages right up to waving good-bye as the
newlyweds depart for their honeymoon--and even after that. The MOB may be
involved in or completely responsible for: Putting together the guest list
and designing a seating chart; Helping the bride and groom choose a date and
location; Throwing an engagement party; Arranging lodging for out-of-town
guests; Booking a band, hiring a caterer, buying favors; Countless other
details that can't be overlooked.
Chock full of ideas and advice, The Mother-of-the-Bride Book is an
invaluable tool for the second busiest and (admit it) second most important
woman in any wedding
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Notes from the Mother of the Bride:
Planning Tips and Advice from a Wedding-Day Veteran
by Sherri Goodall
A wedding is a rite of passage not only for
the bride but for her mother as well. The mother of the bride may be
producing the largest party of her life, and she needs the support of an
experienced event planner who's been through it all! Includes: -- The
sensible wedding (as opposed to the blind, excessive, orgiastic blowout
gala) -- Get prepared for this mother of all plan-a-thons -- Time is
money-how to prioritize -- If you can survive the guest list, the rest will
be a piece of cake -- Trying to stay focused while flinging away money --
Flowers, champagne, food and other necessary evils -- The wedding day, an
out-of-body experience -- Post-wedding observations: if I had it to do over,
I could still make the same mistakes
All the while, you'll learn how to stay on good terms with the bride (keep
your mouth shut), how the father of the bride can stay on good terms with
the bride (pay promptly, leave everything to the M.O.B. and keep his mouth
shut) and the best way to deal with the groom, the wedding party, the
groom's family and everyone else involved in this second most exciting day
of your life (the first was, of course, your own wedding!).
Lively, funny and eminently useful, no M.O.B. can afford to be without this
guide!
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It's Her Wedding But I'll Cry If I Want
To : A Survival Guide for the Mother of the Bride
by Leslie Milk
Just what every mother of the bride needs to
help her deal with the emotional, logistical, and financial challenges of
her daughter's big day!
What premarital advice should a mother give the daughter who knows more
about sex and stock portfolios than she does? Can the groom's
step-grandparents march down the aisle as part of the wedding procession?
How can a cousin get ordained on the Internet to perform the ceremony? This
witty, brass-tacks survival manual for the 21st-century mother of the bride
provides sharp, sensible answers to these and myriad other questions.
Hilarious anecdotes and practical advice abound as the lifestyle editor for
The Washingtonian shares wise counsel and helpful hints from a mom who's
been there as well as chronicles some ill-fated nuptials (as a primer for
what not to do). From deciphering the mysteries of wedding food to learning
to understand florist-speak, from picking a suitable mother-of-the-bride
outfit-without looking like a Red Hot Mama or, worse, your grandmother in
lavender and lace-to keeping a sense of humor when some of what can go wrong
does, this down-to-earth guide makes a perfect gift for every mother
determined to give her daughter the wedding of her dreams.
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Mother of the Bride: The Dream, the
Reality, the Search for a Perfect Dress
by Ilene Beckerman
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 dresses: "What do five girls-one short, one tall, one buxom,
one flat, one who gave birth a month ago-have in common? A bridesmaid's
dress they hate."
--Mother-of-the-bride dresses: "I tried on green velvet. A Rodney
Dangerfield line came to me: 'If that dress had pockets, you'd look like a
pool table.' The dress had pockets."
--And, finally, the sight of her daughter walking down the aisle: "My
daughter was Cinderella, Snow White, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, and
Jacqueline Kennedy. But better."
Gingy looks at the bride-to-be and sees the teenager who wanted Bo Derek
braids, the little girl she taught to dance to the tune of "Me and My
Shadow," the beautiful baby, the miracle she gave birth to decades earlier.
And now, en route to the aisle, their relationship is tested in ways Gingy
never imagined.
Beckerman simply and brilliantly describes the highs and lows of life with
an adult daughter. What emerges is a poignant and telling story.
