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Bad Bridesmaid: Bachelorette Brawls and Taffeta Tantrums--Tales from the Front Lines [Hardcover]

Siri Agrell (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)


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February 6, 2007
A laugh-out-loud look at the most underrated supporting role in today's maxed-out wedding world, featuring "bad bridesmaids" who've had enough taffeta to last a lifetime

I just can't have any negative energy around my wedding." This is what Siri Agrell's best friend told her just before kicking her out of the wedding that Agrell had spent many months--and dollars--preparing for. Her offense? It's not that she slept with the groom, or even the best man. She didn't get drunk at the shower. She didn't buy the cheapest casserole dish on the registry.

But she did question the role of today's much-maligned bridesmaid in an article she wrote for a national newspaper. Despite the bags of fan mail the piece generated, the bride was not amused. Agrell was booted from the bridal party in favor of a similarly sized cousin--and no, she did not get reimbursed for the $100 gold shoes she'd already bought to match the bridesmaid dress.

Now she's putting all that experience and fan mail to good use: like no other book on the market, Bad Bridesmaid is a hilarious tale of weddings gone wild, full of anecdotes and advice from women worldwide, and the perfect gift to get former, current, and future bridesmaids ready for action (or therapy). It's time to give the bridesmaid back her voice, her independence, and the natural waistline that has long been hidden under layers of responsibility and badly constructed tulle!

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"This hilarious and disturbing book is a reminder to both brides and bridesmaids that a little civility and human kindness is necessary bon both sides if friendships are to continue after the ceremony."--Bookpage
 
"A fascinating look at the fired bridesmaid, a status most attendants only dread/dream of. Enjoy this cathartic read for the funny and realistic details that ground this fantastical plot."--Bridesmaid.com
 
"Satisfyingly snide . . . a witty look at bridesmaid angst and the overwrought, billion-dollar wedding industry that incubates it."
--San Antonio Union

About the Author

Siri Agrell is on the staff of Canada's National Post and primarily covers cultural trends. A world traveler, competitive sailor, and veteran freelancer, she has written articles on fashion, politics, the Pope, and those crazy Bush twins.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.; First Edition edition (February 6, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0805082697
  • ISBN-13: 978-0805082692
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #925,134 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Brides Gone Wild, February 16, 2007
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Tamara J. Buchli (Yorktown, VA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bad Bridesmaid: Bachelorette Brawls and Taffeta Tantrums--Tales from the Front Lines (Hardcover)
This was a fun little book -- it's always entertaining to read about Brides Gone Wild. And make no mistake, despite the title, the villains of this book are the brides.

I do wish that Agrell had chosen to include the article that she wrote (and which got her booted out of her friend's wedding). I wasn't able to find it online, unfortunately. Agrell's interpretation of events seems to be that the article was fun, light and humorous and that the bride overeacted. However, the bride seemed to feel it was a personal hatchet job which justified Angrell's firing. Who is right? Hard to say without reading the article -- maybe the bride had a legitimate beef.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars It was okay, March 7, 2008
This review is from: Bad Bridesmaid: Bachelorette Brawls and Taffeta Tantrums--Tales from the Front Lines (Hardcover)
This book was okay for a good "girl" book. A quick read with a few hilarious stories where I was litterally laughing out loud. I was hoping for more stories, more details and less fluff in between the two. I have to agree with other comments here- I was looking for the article she wrote that got her kicked out of the bridal party, destroyed her friendship with "The Bride" and spawned this book. That would have been a nice inclusion. It seemed at the end of the book the author is trying to make up for all the "Bride" bashing of the entire book by saying "we really do love you" but it was too little too late. Being a five time bridesmaid and a bride I didn't mind the bride bashing, weddings are what they are, dramatic and stressful. These stories were entertaining, a good fluff read.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars An easy and interesting read... good for a plane trip or car ride, June 10, 2007
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C. Garzona (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bad Bridesmaid: Bachelorette Brawls and Taffeta Tantrums--Tales from the Front Lines (Hardcover)
I had been wanting to read this book for a while... the creative title piqued my interest right away. It was a quick and interesting read, by no means an intellectual or sociological look at the wedding industry like Cinderella Dreams, but it was still fun to read for someone who is interested in the behavioral aspects behind weddings. If you watch the reality shows on TV about weddings you will probably like this book... it offers examples and stories upon horror stories of crazy brides and the poor bridesmaids put in terrible situations. The complacency of the bridesmaids was a bit unnerving and I have to admit that these stories convinced me that the author only used the most extreme examples she could find of these pre-weddings gone wild situations. But that was the purpose of her book I suppose and we are not supposed to take the book as a whole too seriously. Enjoy it, don't let it scare you away from weddings forever, and try to remind yourself that it's just a silly read and you'll be happy.
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