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| One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding | 
 enlarge | Author: Rebecca Mead
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
Category: Book
List Price: $25.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 395.22
Publication Date: May 10, 2007
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Astutely observed and deftly witty, One Perfect Day masterfully mixes investigative journalism and social commentary to explore the workings of the wedding industryan 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 industryincluding 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 programNew Yorker writer Rebecca Mead skillfully holds the mirror up to the brides deepest hopes and fears about her wedding day, revealing that for better or worse, the way we marry is who we are.
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 Great book, delievered in poor shape. August 28, 2008
Great book, delievered in poor shape. Told me book was "new" inside cover was bent.
 Is your teen daughter (or son) considering marriage? June 21, 2008
I was quite amazed to find such a good read. A while back I read "The Corporation". This present book describes the strand from the corporate world that deals with weddings. They also have become a racket, and Rebecca Mead has the necessary information.
The group of people that created "bridezillas" and "monsters-in-law" is the group of people that--when they get together to tally up the profits--make fun of, and ridicule them. The world of weddings has gone whack! More than ever young women (and men) are emphasizing the wedding in place of the marriage (guess which one of them lasts a lifetime). When did meaning in such a deep relationship become so shallow?
Mead writes in a clear, open style. She brings you to the scene, and lays it out for you. She writes in a "no nonsense" fashion, and is able to be with people easily, and garner information from them easily. It is a must read for every mother with college-aged children. I gave my copy (upon reading it) to such a mother. Dads should read it as well, to get to know what is happening in the world of wedding preparation.
The best information is in the first two-thirds of the book, but the whole work should be read, especially Mead's afterword. The work is an eye-opener, revealing how everyone is out to make a buck (actually lots of them) on the modern bride. It is amazing how we are kept from this truth, and I am grateful to Rebecca Mead for telling it all.
Still, I wish that she had offered a chapter on types of marriage preparation. Although these deal with marriage more than the wedding, they are offered before the wedding.
 Very Good April 29, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I got this book after my own wedding. This book cannot help you plan a wedding or even save money on your wedding it does give you a first hand look at the wedding industry. This book will only appeal to people (primarily women) who have already gone through the process of planning a wedding. I personally would reccomend this book for any new bride looking to learn about wedding industry. This book is best read AFTER you wedding.
One Near Perfect Book December 11, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Next to coal mining and waitressing, one of the more under valued jobs in our society is that of the intrepid, well-informed skeptic, whose role in life is to question that which the rest of us have accepted without full examination. In her new book "One Perfect Day," New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead dares to question our sense of proportion when it comes to how we marry and what it costs us. Her thin but effective book is less an expose, than a sharply written consumer digest of the people and the practices behind that "one perfect day," when bride and groom are encouraged to surrender their financial and emotional sobriety to a $161-billion a year industry. Ms. Mead has done her homework, and offers it up in entertaining bite-size portions that will supply the reader with plenty of cocktail party conversation. While one reviewer found the book "too cynical" for her taste, I believe the author wishes to be more of a consumer advocate than a romance deflator. When she briefly shares the details of her own wedding day, she does so like any bride who's happy to show you the photos. A good read from one of our most observant writers.
Planning a wedding? Better read this! November 4, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding
My husband & I first heard this woman on the Dennis Praeger show. This book is an absolute necessity for a parent to read, as well as the bride & groom. Contains historical, sociological aspects of a huge industry, that is not altogether altruistic when it comes to having your precious daughter given in marriage. I highly, highly recommend this book.
Barbie Perkins
San Antonio, Tx.
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