Lively discussion - I asked the book group about their wedding dresses and heard a variety of great stories. One of the discussion questions was about where better to connect with daughters about love and we thought maybe the kitchen. Many liked the different brides' stories but most were not that fond of Shelley. Interesting stories behind why who like whom. Author raised good points about expectations of the dress hunt being changed by reality TV programs. However each family is different an travels with thier own level of drama. Lots of fodder for discussion. About halfway through: the chapters alternate between the history of the Becker family and its business, and stories of some of the individual brides who have purchased their wedding dresses at the store. Some of the stories are sufficiently heart wringing that I've found myself quietly weeping now and again. I'm impressed with the variety of brides' stories that he chose to include. There are tragedies, women who were getting married unkissed, a woman marrying while pregnant with someone else's child, mothers and daughters and grandmothers galore. If you're interested in family relationships, or in how the wedding business has changed over the years, then this might be for you.
A little too much psycho-babble for me, but I enjoyed reading the personal stories of the brides.
—rony
I did not like the author's writing style. He did not geet me to care much about the brides.
—lindseyadair
It was fine. In a long human-interest-newspaper-story kind of way.
—justchillin2334
A lovely book. It made me laugh and it made me cry.
—Yuting
Not exactly what I expected.
—laraib
