Product Description

Whether you're getting married in a traditional or a civil ceremony, your wedding will be one of the most important days of your life. And carefully chosen readings can make the day all the more special: they personalise the event and help make it memorable. But how do you pin down the perfect reading? Many may be familiar from other weddings - where do you find the original? Or perhaps you'd prefer something you haven't heard before - where do you start looking? Perfect Readings for Weddings is an anthology of poems, extracts and quotations selected for their eloquence about love and marriage. The readings range from the traditional to the modern and from the familiar to the unusual and come together to form an endlessly browsable book packed full of moving and thought-provoking writing. It has everything you need to make sure your wedding readings are perfect for you. Part of the new-look Perfect range: a selection of practical, easy-to-use guides to getting it right first time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #123072 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

From the Back Cover
Do you want your wedding to be that little bit more special?
Do you want to personalise the ceremony by including readings that are just right for you?
Do you need help tracking down a traditional reading, or finding something more out of the way?

Perfect Readings for Weddings is an anthology of the best poems, prose passages and quotations about love and marriage. Including everything from familiar blessings and verses to more unusual choices, it covers every sort of reading you could wish for. With advice on how to choose the right readings for the occasion and tips on how to ensure that everything runs smoothly on the day, Perfect Readings for Weddings has everything you need to make sure the whole ceremony is both memorable and meaningful.

The Perfect series is a range of practical guides that give clear and straightforward advice on everything from getting your first job to choosing your baby’s name. Written by experienced authors offering tried-and-tested tips, each book contains all you need to get it right first time.

About the Author
Jonathan Law was born in Westonzoyland, Somerset, in 1961 and obtained his degree in English from Oxford University. Since 1989 he has worked as an editor at Market House Books, where he has contributed to numerous dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works. He is the editor or co-editor of European Culture: A Contemporary Companion (1993), The Cassell Companion to Cinema (1995), Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1999), The Macmillan Dictionary of Contemporary Phrase and Fable (2002), Oxford's A Concise Encyclopedia (2004) and A Dictionary of Business and Management (2006). He lives in Buckinghamshire with his wife and three children.