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How I Planned Your Wedding: The All-True Story of a Mother and Daughter Surviving the Happiest Day of Their Lives [Hardcover]

Susan and Elizabeth Wiggs
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)

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Book Description

January 25, 2011
Bestselling author Susan Wiggs literally wrote the book on happily-ever-after love. But orchestrating her daughter Elizabeth's real-world wedding turned into a different story altogether, and one that takes two to tell—the mother and the bride.

Here is the all-too-true tale of a mother and daughter collaborating on life's ultimate celebration—a dream wedding. Often poignant, sometimes irreverent and always hilarious, this charming book is also packed with useful advice from both ends of the cupcake-tasting table. Join mother and daughter as they wade through the trenches of flowers and favors, grueling gown decisions…and the cold, cruel realities of a budget. With luck, love and loads of patience, they come out on the other side, bloodied but unbowed, replete with life lessons—and closer than ever before.


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From Publishers Weekly

Bestselling romance novelist Wiggs (The Lakeshore Chronicles series, et al.) and daughter Elizabeth, an M.B.A. candidate, have pooled their talents to create a humorous, informative guide to planning a wedding. Alternating narratives balance the authors' viewpoints, and "cheat sheets" at the end of each chapter sum up the tips and strategies. The authors offer tips for typical wedding tasks like choosing a dress and a photographer, plus strategies for handling unexpected problems, such as mom's insistence that young cousins be included in daughter's carefully selected bridesmaid pool. Tucked in among the wedding-planning advice in this enjoyable read are thoughtful musings on the emotional implications of an impending wedding, from a mother's realization that she's no longer the center of her daughter's world to a daughter's struggle to balance showing appreciation while asserting her own wishes. (Mar.)
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From Booklist

Best-selling romance novelist Susan Wiggs and her daughter, Elizabeth, are extraordinarily close. So close that Elizabeth calls her mother every time she takes a walk outside. So close that Susan picked her daughter�s now-husband for her off Facebook. Enjoyment of this joint memoir and wedding-planning manual will depend a lot on whether this closeness strikes readers as sweet or pathological. The two tell their story in alternating chapters and offer wedding-advice tidbits in between. This format creates a sort of breathless tone that suits the fairy-tale-princess wedding they�re trying to plan. The few moments of genuine conflict are quickly glossed over in a way that makes you long to attend either a joint therapy session or a boxing match featuring the Wiggs women. There�s no doubt that the expensively dressed Susan would prevail in both settings over the cutesy woman-child she has raised. Although much of the planning advice is suspect, the book will definitely appeal to those actual and would-be mothers of the brides who already love Wiggs� romance novels. --Marta Segal Block

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Harlequin (January 25, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0373892276
  • ISBN-13: 978-0373892273
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #622,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Susan Wiggs's life is all about family, friends...and fiction. She's been featured in the national media, including NPR's Talk of the Nation, and is a popular speaker locally and nationally.

From the very start, her writings have illuminated the everyday dramas of ordinary people. At the age of eight, she self-published her first novel, entitled "A Book About Some Bad Kids."

Today, she is an international best-selling, award-winning author, with millions of copies of her books in print in numerous countries. Her recent novel, Marrying Daisy Bellamy, took the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller List, and The Lakeshore Chronicles have won readers' hearts around the globe. Her books celebrate the power of love, the timeless bonds of family and the fascinating nuances of human nature.

She lives with her husband and family at the water's edge on an island in the Pacific Northwest, where she divides her time between sleeping and waking.

Customer Reviews

Readers get an intimate glimpse into generations of love in the Wiggs and Maas families. Anne Caroline Drake  |  8 reviewers made a similar statement
Very informative and hilarious!!!! suecb  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
My daughter and I are crazy close; she read the book after me and also loved it. UD Mom  |  7 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't put it down... January 25, 2011
By Samcs
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I couldn't put down this incredibly heart warming book by mother-daughter duo Elizabeth and Susan Wiggs. At some point in our lives, the majority of us get married. We all talk about our perfect engagement, shower, wedding and honeymoon. What we often forget is all of the hilarious things that happen leading up to and during a wedding. I laughed, I cried, I learned a lot and I had an opportunity to experience this delightfully charming family's wedding, from engagement to honeymoon.

I recommend this book for anyone who is getting married, is already married or ever plans to have the perfect wedding. I couldn't have asked for a more honest account of one of the most important days of many of our lives. Beautifully written and delivered.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Sweet, Too Perfect Mother-Daughter Tale April 26, 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Vine™ Review (What's this?)
If not for Amazon Vine, this is not a book I would have picked up on my own. I've been married for more than a decade now (wow, really?) and being a mom for life is far more engrossing and all-encompassing than being a bride for a day. Apologies to the newly engaged for the news, but it's true. If you are planning a wedding, enjoy it being all about you this once, because that will NEVER again happen after your hear the doctor say, "here comes the head." In fact, you'll probably never use the bathroom again on your own, but that's a gruesome tale for another book ...

I did not have a dream wedding. I did not even have a mediocre wedding. I had a nightmare wedding, done on a dime (almost literally) and filled with dysfunctional family and their drunken mishaps that ended with my husband and I scraping together money for the limo we didn't want, but my father insisted on giving us as a "gift," then neglected to actually pay for. Our "big day" ended up with us ripping open wedding cards while the guy, who took only cash, watched and waited impatiently. Not exactly brunch a the Plaza.

But even my friends who had "ideal" weddings later tend to regret, or at least question, the time and money (and, unlike in this story, it's usually theirs, not their parent's) spent on a single day. A day that you plan for upwards of a year and, even if nothing at all goes wrong, is over so swiftly no one has time to enjoy, or even experience, all those little details you agonized over. (I will say that the honeymoon ... Now that's worth blowing a bundle on. Memorable, private and altogether incredible if you do it right. Whenever I see brides bust the budget on the wedding and skip, or really skimp, on the honeymoon, I always shake my head.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Note to future self... January 27, 2011
By DanA
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
From the perspective of a typical dude, completely unaware of the imminent onslaught of decisions and stress that go along with the ring you just put on her finger, this book should be a must-read. It's useful AND hilarious. Not only will it prepare you for some of the impending chaos, but you may even pick up some tips that will make you a hero on the single most documented day of your life.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Funny book but I just can't relate August 8, 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Vine™ Review (What's this?)
In order to really enjoy this book and its subject, you have to be in a wedding type of mind frame. I got it from Amazon Vine thinking it would be this funny and cute book (which it is at times, i got a few chuckles) but I just simply could not relate to anything. I"m not getting married nor do i ever intend to, and i don't have a particularly close relationship with my mother. If you fall into either one of those categories, I wouldn't get this book, but then again you probably wouldn't be getting it anyways...It was quite sappy and overly sweet, a bit too sweet for me. But I will say I did like the dual perspective in the book.

I'm going to pass this off to a friend getting married soon, i'm sure she'll enjoy it and hopefully it will take her mind off of everything going on. If you're in this position, pick the book up but be informed its not a tip or how to book by any means. Just a fun, mindless read.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't put it down.... February 19, 2011
Format:Hardcover
I first saw an ad for this book in a bridal magazine and after already having a few tense moments with my mom regarding my upcoming wedding, I thought this might offer some good advice. But this turned out to do much more than that. From the first page I was sucked in. There were uncanny similarities between Elizabeth and I. My mom's name is Susan, I'm from Seattle, my mom put my engagement on Facebook the night I got engaged before I had a chance to, and the list goes on.... But besides all of this, the story was real, it was poignant, it made me feel like I wasn't alone in my experience of this crazy time. I immediately gave it to my mom to read, who enjoyed it as much as I did. And I'm recommending it to every bride I know.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
Being a menopausal woman and watching Princess Bride romances from afar, I thought I would breeze through the pages with some chuckles. (I had read excepts of a few pages on line). Well, I giggled and heartily laughed.. But, I wasn't prepared to tear up, cry and sob reading pages near the end. This book is not about a designer, sixteen tiered wedding cake nor the world's largest diamond ring. Wiggs and Wiggs brilliantly intertwined helpful, innovative tips for planning weddings as well as sharing real life moments and raw emotions that could be helpful for brides to be or just being a guest. Whether it be a wedding, anniversary, birth, a loved one's passing or a back yard barbeque: it's all about LIFE, LOVE, FAMILY and FRIENDS. Heck, Elizabeth even throws in a bit HEALTH to boot. Her honesty and sincerity is amazing. I don't think I would share the missing toenail that was painted...but glad she did. ROFL. It will be interesting to read the next book!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
I'm always really excited to get packages in the mail, but I was extremely happy when I got this one! It shipped in good time and the book was in great condition.
Published 4 months ago by Sofia Vega
4.0 out of 5 stars Susan Wiggs is the best. This was not the best.
THIS BOOK TENDED TO BE SLOW. HOWEVER, I WOULD READ ANY BOOK BY SUSAN. ALWAYS HER BOOKS ARE WORTH THE WEFFORT TO READ AND SOMETIMES THE ENDING LEAVES YOU WANTING MORE AND HOPEING... Read more
Published 6 months ago by fmbassistant
2.0 out of 5 stars Way too sugar coated
I'm another reader who has been married for over a decade so I'm probably not the target audience for this book. Read more
Published 12 months ago by J. Hauer
4.0 out of 5 stars Very cute book for brides-to-be (and their moms)
I really enjoyed this book, which is the tale of a young girl's wedding planning as aided by her mother, romance novelist Susan Wiggs. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Melissa Niksic
5.0 out of 5 stars For new MOBs
My daughter got engaged at Christmas and we immediately started planning her wedding. Wow have things changed since I got married 34 years ago! Read more
Published 16 months ago by UD Mom
5.0 out of 5 stars wedding
How I Planned Your Wedding by Susan and Elizabeth Wiggs Maas

What a funny but sometimes serious book. Read more
Published 17 months ago by jbarr
3.0 out of 5 stars Hard to relate
Elizabeth has just $20,000 to plan her wedding (a gift from her mom). To her this seems a pittance. This book chronicles her cost cutting measures and the ups and downs and stress... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Vicki Drake
4.0 out of 5 stars Funny, heartfelt, great book!
I read this book as a suggestion from my mother-in-law-to-be. I can say I laughed out loud through most of it, and the other parts I was picking up the tips she gives about... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Jrl8927
4.0 out of 5 stars Plan a Wedding and Live to Tell About It!
This is a great little book about planning a wedding plus with Susan Wiggs expert writing it makes for an enjoyable read. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Bingo-Karen Haney
4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Mother-of-the-Bride Gift
Even if you haven't tripped over each other during the planning process, even if you are still speaking and no tears have been shed, this lively trip down the aisle with two... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Joanne M. Friedman
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