The Best Party of Our Lives: Stories of Gay Weddings and True Love to Inspire Us All
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (689 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1632170132 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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She has an MFA in poetry from the University of Washington, and her first book of poems, The Three Einsteins, was published in October 2014 by Poor Claudia. Sarah Galvin is the author of the Stranger newspaper's Wedding Crasher column about attending weddings (which she was invited to, though the name would suggest otherwise), among others.
Carol C. said Delightful stories -- you'll feel like you were there for the parties!. Sarah Galvin's delightful collection of wedding stories is heart-warming, entertaining, and positively addictive. I read the book cover to cover in one sitting, and intend to go back and savor many of the stories again. Galvin, a poet and journalist, writes the Wedding Crasher column in Seattle's Stranger newspaper, which apparently keeps her calendar full of wedding invites. She has seen it all. In this book, she relates the story of "Delightful stories -- you'll feel like you were there for the parties!" according to Carol C.. Sarah Galvin's delightful collection of wedding stories is heart-warming, entertaining, and positively addictive. I read the book cover to cover in one sitting, and intend to go back and savor many of the stories again. Galvin, a poet and journalist, writes the Wedding Crasher column in Seattle's Stranger newspaper, which apparently keeps her calendar full of wedding invites. She has seen it all. In this book, she relates the story of 2Delightful stories -- you'll feel like you were there for the parties! Sarah Galvin's delightful collection of wedding stories is heart-warming, entertaining, and positively addictive. I read the book cover to cover in one sitting, and intend to go back and savor many of the stories again. Galvin, a poet and journalist, writes the Wedding Crasher column in Seattle's Stranger newspaper, which apparently keeps her calendar full of wedding invites. She has seen it all. In this book, she relates the story of 23 couples of all ages, professions, and walks of life, delighting us with details of their courtship or wedding. The book is divided into sections for Engagement, Planning, Ceremony, Recepti. couples of all ages, professions, and walks of life, delighting us with details of their courtship or wedding. The book is divided into sections for Engagement, Planning, Ceremony, Recepti. Delightful stories -- you'll feel like you were there for the parties! Sarah Galvin's delightful collection of wedding stories is heart-warming, entertaining, and positively addictive. I read the book cover to cover in one sitting, and intend to go back and savor many of the stories again. Galvin, a poet and journalist, writes the Wedding Crasher column in Seattle's Stranger newspaper, which apparently keeps her calendar full of wedding invites. She has seen it all. In this book, she relates the story of 23 couples of all ages, professions, and walks of life, delighting us with details of their courtship or wedding. The book is divided into sections for Engagement, Planning, Ceremony, Recepti. couples of all ages, professions, and walks of life, delighting us with details of their courtship or wedding. The book is divided into sections for Engagement, Planning, Ceremony, Recepti. A beautiful little book I am a sucker for sweet stories like these. Now that marriage is a right any two people can share in, it's great to see new couples making new memories, ones they can share with their families and with the readers of this book. I highly recommend it for anyone who enjoys happy endings and fuzzy romance. :-). "Love, love, love it!" according to ChibiNeko. I'm cynical sometimes, but I'll freely admit that I'm a softie when it comes to stories about people in love and overcoming adversities. It's part of why I secretly loved reading the Chicken Soup books, as they feed heavily into this mindset. (Although that's obviously not that secret, since now it's in a public review.) That's why I figured that this book would have an easy, obvious appeal.This book is best appreciated in small doses, where you read a few of the book's stories and then come back to read a few more later, so you can really fully enjoy its sweetness. It's tempting to read it in large gulps as Galvin is a ve
Grab this book, uncork the champagne, and let the celebrations begin!” --Ann Bausum, award-winning author of social justice history including Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights “Twenty-three weddings lead to twenty-three stories about love, life, and even loss. It’s important that these glorious stories be told, so three generations from now, everyone will remember what people went through in order to get married.” --Edie Windsor, winner of Supreme Court case United States v. Windsor, which declared DOMA unconstitutional, a landmark victory for gay marriage "The Best Party of Our Lives is as informational (Did you know that the International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs is a thing?) as it is moving as it is laugh out loud funny. On the heels of marriage equality nationwide, this book shows us that the party is
With chapters each focusing on a different couple's love story, the challenges they faced, and the lessons they learned, the book offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of the changing face of marriage. This moving collection of true stories about gay weddings shows how LGBT couples have overcome cultural and personal obstacles to their unions, made wedding traditions their own, and what everyone can learn from them. Told in a series of essays that mimics the course of a traditional wedding, from engagement to walking down the aisle to the honeymoon and beyond, The Best Party of Our Lives invites readers to reflect on what makes their own relationships unique, and the significance of public celebrations of love. The perspective these trailblazing couples gain by examining and remaking marriage for themselves will inform anyone who is planning a wedding and inspire anyone who has ever been in love.