Bride of the Living Dead [Paperback]

Lynne Murray (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2010

Big, beautiful and rebellious indie film critic Daria MacClellan is most comfortable in a monster movie poster T-shirt and blue jeans. Yet when family drama hijacks her engagement, she's trapped into a formal wedding with her perfectionist, anorexic sister, Sky, planning the whole thing. Dara adores her fiance, but her wedding seems to be spiralilng into a horror film. Will the spectre of a picture perfect wedding turn her into the Bride of the Living Dead?

Editorial Reviews

Review

"In Lynne Murray's fabulous version of romance, lovers find true pleasure in all body sizes and shapes, wedding dresses are altered to fit the happy bride's body (not bride made to fit brocade), and readers feast on smart detail and smarter dialogue." --Marilyn Wann, author of FAT!SO?

"From the start you will find yourself cheering for Daria as she overcomes hurdles such as a control-freak sister, his and her stalkers, and her own nagging self doubt, to marry her beloved Oscar. Bride of the Living Dead is a fun read about love, friendship and being true to yourself." --Sue Ann Jaffarian, author of the Odelia Grey mystery series & The Ghost of Granny Apples mystery series

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"Jane Austen meets the Marx Brothers. Lynne Murray has written a delightful comedy of manners with impeccable politics."
Laurie Toby Edison
Photographer, Women En Large: Images of Fat Nudes

"Bride of the Living Dead is an irresistible comedy that's got it all: a big, beautiful, witty heroine, true love, scary stalkers, reluctant in-laws and monster movie magic. Buy it, read it, laugh out loud and enjoy the heartfelt love story."
Jaqueline Girdner
author of the Kate Jasper & Cally Lazar mystery series

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Product Details

• Paperback: 242 pages
• Publisher: Pearlsong Press (June 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597190209
• ISBN-13: 978-1597190206
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,939,924 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I came to San Francisco to go to college, got captivated by the city, and have not left for long since then. It is the perfect setting for any kind of fiction. It's good ground to conjure up fog and dark nights for paranormal activities in The Falstaff Vampire Files, sunshine on the Bay for the romantic comedy in Bride of the Living Dead, and even as jumping off ground to investigate bit of murder as in the Josephine Fuller mysteries.

I share an apartment with a small group of extremely mellow cats, who are all either rescued or formerly feral.

Aside from novels, I've written humorous short pieces that have appeared in magazines and newspapers. Many of these articles, including the most fun one of all--an interview of Darlene Cates, star of What's Eating Gilbert Grape--available on my website at www.lmurray.com.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Big Girl Love Can Be Cute, Funny & Touching, TOO!, April 26, 2010

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ChickLitGurrl™ "Shonell Bacon" (Lake Charles, LA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bride of the Living Dead (Paperback)

I'm a big fan of the romantic comedy, and I'm an even bigger fan of romantic comedies that feature sassy, full figured women who believe in living life and not living in the center of their weight. Unfortunately, stories like that are few and far between. Enter Lynne Murray and her novel, Bride of the Living Dead, where we meet Indie film critic Daria MacClellan. Almost immediately, Daria meets her one true love and the pair set upon getting married and spending the rest of their lives together. There are a few snags, however. Past loves, both on Daria and true love's part, threaten to break up the nuptials. Daria's perfect, anoxeric, older sister Sky--who is dealing with her own personal issues--steps in to micromanage the wedding to death. And at times, Daria has a sneaking suspicion her mother-in-law-to-be would prefer her son marry a psychopath than to marry Daria. Each day, as the wedding approaches, a new set of drama unfolds, and Daria can't help but to wonder if her wedding will turn her into the Bridge of the Living Dead. As a rom com, the novel has everything you'd expect - cute, fun, light, hilarious moments and lots of romance. What I love the most about this book is that the focus of the book is not on Daria bemoaning her weight. Yes, we know of it. Yes, it is referenced--by Daria and by other characters. But the story is about a sassy girl who meets the man of her dreams, falls in love, and has to jump hurdles and crazy situations to make it to her I DO. Don't think it gets better than that.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bride of the Living Dead, October 31, 2011

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Fern Ghauri - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bride of the Living Dead (Paperback)

Reading a Lynne Murray book is like going to a hall in which the very best kind of comedy reigns from morning to night, and your favorite beverages and foods are always available. In Bride of the Living Dead, Murray not only serves up warmth and humor in large and luscious doses, but her beautiful, determined, heavy heroine Daria manages to surmount guilt (her own and others') and echoes from her past -a psychotic and controlling former lover- as well as her own anorexic sister's tendency to control and micromanage, her husband-to-be's conservative and less-than-accepting mother, and her own former hippie family whose members have settled down to a seemingly white bread type of existence, but not completely.

Women of size and those who believe that beauty and comedy come in all shapes and sizes will embrace Daria and her wonderfully curved voyage toward marrying an adoring man whom she finds hotter than a shining star, and who feels so very much the same about her, her sharp wit and her loveliness of body and mind.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HOW DOES SHE KEEP DOING THIS?, August 30, 2011

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jam4765 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bride of the Living Dead (Kindle Edition)

HOLY MATRIMONY! Who is Lynne Murray and how does she keep writing such great novels? If you're not laughing almost as soon as you start reading this book it may be a sign that you're among the living dead yourself (in which case slide on over and pick up Murray's latest, The Falstaff Vampire Files). Seriously, folks, this is one funny novel. Do yourself a favor and move this one up to the top of your reading list--the collected works of Sartre can wait while you bring a little sunshine into your life.