The Reluctant Bride: One Woman's Journey (Kicking and Screaming) Down the Aisle
By (Author) Lucy Mangan
John Murray Press
John Murray Publishers Ltd
1st June 2010
13th May 2010
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Humour
Memoirs
392.5092
Paperback
384
Width 138mm, Height 200mm, Spine 25mm
260g
Will Lucy make it down the aisle It s going to be an uphill struggle . . .
The bride: A late starter in life, Lucy always swore she d never get married. But now she has to find a caterer who doesn t charge a fortune for a cupcake, a dressmaker who doesn t make her cry and a way to bring Great-Auntie Betty down from Dundee for the sixpence she is willing to spend isn t it meant to be HER special dayThe groom: Christopher has spent twenty minutes compiling his guest list and checking his suit fits before returning to his newspaper this wedding business isn t so hard after all. The mother of the bride: Armed with colour-coded wedding planning folders she is all set. However, twice-daily conversations with her daughter don t seem to be shortening the to-do list she s drawn up.The father of the bride: A wedding My daughter Who s she marryingThe best friend: Gillian has stood by Lucy through thick and thin, but she is refusing to be a bridesmaid and wear a daft dress."A hilarious read" - Star
'This is a gem of a book: a perfect antidote to all the mawkish, unfunny chick-lit on the market. Let's hope this is the first of many' - Woman's WayLucy was educated in Catford and Cambridge. She was briefly a very bad solicitor before leaving for a much nicer job in a bookshop. Six years ago she got work experience at the Guardian and hung around until they gave her a job. She is now a columnist and features writer there and writes for magazines, including Grazia, Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan, whenever they ask her.