{"product_id":"9781565124769","title":"Mother of the Bride: The Dream, the Reality, the Search for a Perfect Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003e“An account that is sweetly sentimental and brutally honest, touching and witty—in short, a true gem.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A work that adds great luster to an already golden event.” — \u003ci\u003eThe Memphis Commercial Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Her prose is spare, but rich with meaning and always very honest.” — \u003ci\u003eThe Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pithy wit and cute drawings sketch the happy tears, bittersweet memories and flares of anxiety that a daughter’s wedding elicits.” — \u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relationship between a mother and daughter is often fraught— but never so much as during the preparations for that walk down the aisle. Ilene Beckerman has taken that walk with three daughters and tells us—with great wisdom and wit—why childbirth is less painful than planning a wedding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030661251312,"sku":"9781565124769","price":8.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781565124769_p0.jpg?v=1763787932","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781565124769","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}