Book Cover One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding

One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding

of Rebecca Mead (Goodreads Author)

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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 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.

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Book Details

  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 256 pages
  • Publisher Penguin Press
  • Publication Date May 10th 2007
  • First Publication Not informed
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9781594200885
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category Non-Fiction
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