
One Perfect Day
The Selling of the American Wedding
Rebecca Mead(Author)
Penguin USA (Publisher)
Published on 29. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-14-311384-3 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
324 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-311384-3 (9780143113843)
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E-Book
07/2008
Penguin Books
€16.99
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Person
Rebecca Mead