Altared

Table Of Contents

Introduction | Colleen Curran

Taking the Vow
The Child Bride (and Groom) | Julianna Baggott
The Wedding Vow | Curtis Sittenfeld
Diana, Martha, and Me | Catherine Ingrassia

The Dress
One Day | Elizabeth Crane
The Girl, the Dress, and the Leap | Lara Vapnyar
Back in Black | Lisa Carver

Plans & Preparations
There Went the Bride | Carina Chocano
My Bridal Meltdown | Rory Evans
The Best-Laid Wedding Plans | Jennifer Armstrong

Etiquette & Registry
Manners and the Marrying Girl | Elise Mac Adam
The Registry Strikes Back | Janelle Brown

Weddings & the Single Girl
It All Started with Princess Di | Daisy de Villeneuve
The Honor of My Presence | Meghan Daum

Family & Budget
Parental Control | Amy Sohn
My Perfect Wedding | Samina Ali
Going Bridal | Farah L. Miller
My Mother’s Wedding, Myself | Gina Zucker
Father of the Bride | Kathleen Hughes

Getting Hitched
First, Reader, I Made Him Up, and Then I Married Him | Jacquelyn Mitchard
The Second Trimester | Ruth Davis Konigsberg
My So-Called Indie Wedding | Lori Leibovich
Weddings Aren’t Just for Straight People Anymore | Anne Carle
Rubber Chicken | Julie Powell
To Have or Have Not: Sex on the Wedding Night | Jill Eisenstadt

For Better or for Worse?
Survivor Honeymoon | Amanda Eyre Ward
Weddings for Everyone | Amy Bloom
Happily Ever After | Dani Shapiro

Contributors
Acknowledgments