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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
Buy New: $4.88
You Save: $21.07 (81%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 395.22
Publication Date: May 10, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 The other side of the story October 18, 2007
1 out of 20 found this review helpful
As someone who provides a wedding-related service as a second source of income, I'll point out that many of us do so because we love weddings and don't mind working at them for less than we could earn doing other things. Sure, weddings can be expensive and some couples spend more than they can really afford, but that's up to them as free adults. The author's book appears to be one-sided and has angered many in the wedding industry who are trying their best to be helpful to customers. I'd like to see the author come help run my business for a week and then decide whether I'm part of some conspiracy to part couples from their money.
 Not as insightful as I had hoped... October 17, 2007
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
Like many other reviewers here, I am also a wedding service provider. I was interested in this book because I love a bargain, and I love being able to help brides save money too. I thought if I could see what some of the pitfalls were that were mentioned in the book, I could help my brides avoid them Unfortunately, this book isn't so helpful as it is a diatribe against everything that the modern wedding industry has to offer. Yes, weddings are big business and there are those that like to exploit that fact. But there are many who have a valuable service to provide, and simply want to make an honest living with it.
The problem with the book is that the author doesn't seem to like anything. She rants about the average wedding (cost: 28K) about all it's extravagance and "Bridezilla culture" (so interesting, because I've attended many weddings and NEVER encountered a Bridezilla) so you think, "She must like smaller, more intimate weddings", right? Wrong. In the next chapter, she whines and complains that small weddings in the woods or on the beach have none of the sanctity or religious significance that they should. You're darned if you do, and darned if you don't!
She offers no suggestion or solution to the problem of costly weddings (or the occaisional bride's sense of entitlement and subsequent willingness to drain her parent's savings, or begin her married life in debt) either...and that's what's missing. There are ways to have a great wedding on a budget.
Bottom Line: The book is an interesting look at the wedding industry (although a very negative one). But if you're looking for ways to actually stay on budget, check out "Bridal Bargains" by Denise and Alan Fields intead.
Ehhhh?! September 26, 2007
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
It was alright. Wouldn't recommend. Had a few funny parts, but is a really slow read. Book didn't grab my attention, feel like I have to force myself to finish it.
 Great Book Concept Thanks!!! August 23, 2007
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
And something that needs to be said! Sure, it's great that there are people who make a good living out of the insane excesses of others, but spending a bajillions bucks on a wedding is INSANE at best!
The ring, for example: I said I didn't want or need to bother with an expensive ring and a co-worker replied vehemently with horror that it was the "symbol of eternal love". She then related, with all seriousness, that she knew of someone who had scored that big diamond rock, and when she and her intended SPLIT UP, she was "sure glad she'd gotten that ring." Some new definition of "symbol of eternal love", I suppose.
If this "one day" is supposed to be the "happiest day of your life", then what is there to look forward to? What is the balance of the marriage? Chopped Liver? And, will having coordinating flowers, matchbooks, table settings and entertainment by Cirque Du Soleil and the Blue Man Group, really insure that that day is indeed "happy". Instead, the whole process causes grief, strife, family arguments, stress, financial worries etc.
It's nice to have some luxuries, but for crissakes! Get some perspective and if you must, then with all that extra cash to burn, have your guests donate a financial gift to a worthy cause, like Relay for Life, Humane Society or to feed the hungry. There has GOT to be a happy median!
A reassuring read July 24, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
When I got engaged last month, my mother went to buy bridal magazines, and I went straight for this book. In reading Mead's excellent and incisive journalism on the subject of the wedding industry, I feel relieved to know that I'm not the only one who thinks there's something fishy going on with planning "one perfect day."
Even for a person who is not in the throes of wedding hysteria, Mead's book is simply good journalism, strong writing, and effective social criticism. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in American cultural studies.
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