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Keep your mouth shut and wear beige
Record details
- ISBN: 9780312367749
- ISBN: 0312367740
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Physical Description:
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278 p. ; 22 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008.
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| Subject: | Divorced mothers -- Fiction Weddings -- Planning -- Fiction Parents-in-law -- Fiction |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at Glenwood and Souris Regional Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Glenwood and Souris Regional Library | 813.54 (Text) | 36764000000568 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Glenwood and Souris Regional Library | 813.54 (Text) | 36764000000654 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - | |
| Glenwood and Souris Regional Library | 813.54 (Text) | 36764000000738 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Feeling apprehensive about her son's engagement, divorced ICU nurse Darcy Van Aiken feels intimidated by the bride-to-be's wealthy and fashionable parents, a situation that challenges her perspectives about family, friendship, and character. - Baker & Taylor
Feeling apprehensive about her son's engagement, divorced ICU nurse Darcy Van Aiken feels intimidated by the bride-to-be's wealthy and fashionable parents, a situation that challenges her perspectives about family, friendship, and character. 40,000 first printing. - Blackwell North Amer
Darcy Van Aiken is doing just fine, thank you. She's an ICU nurse with an "amicable" divorce from her ex-husband, Mike, two great kids, and a prescription for Ritalin. Then her older son, Jeremy, gets engaged to Cami Zander-Brown - daughter of a wealthy New York family - and her world gets turned upside down. The source of her trouble, much to Darcy's surprise, is not in the form of Rose Zander-Brown, Cami's elegant and accomplished mother. Nor is it in the form of Guy Zander-Brown, Cami's charismatic and wildly successful literary agent father. Instead, lurking in the shadows of Mike's new life is the beautifully dressed Claudia, a self-described "managed perfectionist."
The Zander-Browns have money. Lots of money. The plans for their daughter's dream wedding grow more fabulous by the day, and loving every minute is Claudia. With her perfect taste, Claudia can't help thinking she would make a much better mother of the groom than Darcy. This wedding is her chance to entrench herself in Mike's life - and take credit for the two sons Darcy has worked so hard to raise right.
It's a battle of will and wits. What Darcy learns about herself - and about family and friendship - makes for a delicious, hilarious, touching read. - McMillan Palgrave
The best advice for the mother of the groom? Keep your mouth shut and wear beige!
âItâs bad enough when two mothers plan an event as fraught as a wedding, but what happens when the ex-husbandâs new girlfriend elbows her way in? Keep Your Mouth Shut and Wear Beige adds the mother of the groom to literatureâs rich collection of long-suffering women. When Seidelâs heroine refuses to suffer in silence, the results are both poignant and hilarious.â
---Debra Galant, author of Rattled and Fear and Yoga in New Jersey
Darcy Van Aiken is doing just fine, thank you. Sheâs an ICU nurse with an âamicableâ divorce from her ex-husband, Mike, two great kids, and a prescription for Ritalin. Then her older son, Jeremy, gets engaged to Cami Zander-Brown---daughter of a wealthy New York family---and her world gets turned upside down. The source of her trouble, much to Darcyâs surprise, is not in the form of Rose Zander-Brown, Camiâs elegant and accomplished mother. Nor is it in the form of Guy Zander-Brown, Camiâs charismatic and wildly successful literary agent father. Instead, lurking in the shadows of Mikeâs new life is the beautifully dressed Claudia, a self-described âmanaged perfectionist.â
The Zander-Browns have money. Lots of money. The plans for their daughterâs dream wedding grow more fabulous by the day, and loving every minute is Claudia. With her perfect taste, Claudia canât help thinking she would make a much better mother of the groom than Darcy. This wedding is her chance to entrench herself in Mikeâs life---and take credit for the two sons Darcy has worked so hard to raise right.
Itâs a battle of will and wits. What Darcy learns about herself---and about family and friendship---makes for a delicious, hilarious, touching read.
