The Groom's Instruction Manual (Owner's and Instruction Manual) [Paperback]

Shandon Fowler (Author), Paul Kepple (Illustrator), Jude Buffum (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Owner's and Instruction Manual | Publication Date: November 1, 2007

At Last! A Comprehensive Guide to Good Grooming
 
Gone are the days when you could sit back and let your fiancée plan the entire wedding. Today’s grooms have countless tasks to perform, from hiring the entertainment and planning the rehearsal dinner to buying the wedding bands and comforting hysterical family members.
 
Fortunately, The Groom’s Instruction Manual is here to answer all of your most challenging questions: How do I handle feuding relatives? What should I look for in a good wedding photographer? Why does my fiancée seem stressed out all the time? Whatever your concerns, you’ll find the answers here—courtesy of author and veteran groom Shandon Fowler.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“He may not have shelves of magazines devoted to him (or groomsmen half as doting as your crew of ’maids), but with The Groom’s Instruction Manual, your hubby-to-be can glean matter-of-fact survival tips on everything from dealing with your freak-outs to making the most of your wedding night; hubba hubba.”—Philadelphia Magazine
 
“For the stand-up 21st century male this pocket guide will help the soon-to-be-wed weed through basics.”—Boston Herald
 
“Pick up The Groom’s Instruction Manual, a little black book to help a guy survive and, as it says, possibly enjoy his wedding day.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

About the Author

Shandon Fowler had five hundred guests at his wedding--and if he can survive that, you've got nothing to worry about. He and his wife are happily married and live in Charleston, South Carolina.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Quirk Books (November 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594741905
• ISBN-13: 978-1594741906
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.7 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #48 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Weddings > Planning

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for any groom, January 11, 2009

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Link Dupont (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Groom's Instruction Manual (Owner's and Instruction Manual) (Paperback)

This book is more than just a good humor gift. There is honest advice in this book that I as a typical groom never would have anticipated. I am just under 100 days away from my wedding, and I can honestly say this book has given me irreplaceable advice. Without it, I would probably be mad by now. ;)

I wish I had acquired and read this book *before* we became so involved in wedding planning. There is a lot of great stuff in here about the proposal and early engagement process (namely the guest list) that would have been infinitely more useful to me at the beginning of my engagement. Nonetheless, this is a great book. If you've just recently popped the question, or are even thinking of popping the question, GET THIS BOOK. It is money well spent.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cute, July 15, 2011

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Katelyn Bakalarski (Greenfield, WI, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Groom's Instruction Manual (Owner's and Instruction Manual) (Paperback)

My fiance bought me a copy of the bride's instruction manual after he proposed, which I thought was really cute and had some helpful organizational advice. I found out there was a corresponding groom's instruction manual so I decided to get it for him. It makes a cute gift, but pretty much every piece of advice in every chapter is "do what the bride says." I know it's supposed to be kind of a silly book, but I didn't find really anything in here that was actually helpful like in the bride's manual. It does make a really cute gift for a groom-to-be, though, so I still give it a good rating. Cute, but not helpful like the bride's.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, March 28, 2008

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elb - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Groom's Instruction Manual (Owner's and Instruction Manual) (Paperback)

This is a great book. It's funny, so it can be a gag gift, but it also has some helpful information. I got it for my fiance and he's been dutifully reading it and seemingly enjoying it. He seems to be particularly interested in the section about who is this financee and what happened to the woman I love. I like the part where it tells him that his finacee is always right.
The one drawback...the opening section is on proposing, and it would have been a bit forward to give it to him before he proposed.