A journey into our modern-day desires to wed traditionally and, at the same time, break with tradition through divorce and cohabitation offers an examination of how we wed today, find true love, and how we choose a china pattern and provides a close-up look at familiar wedding customs.

A Walk Down the Aisle: Notes on a Modern Wedding

Cohen, Kate

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W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

"If you are planning or have ever planned to be a bride, this book will make you think and then make you cry."―Boston Globe In this modern age, why do we carry on that most traditional of all traditions: marriage? When Kate Cohen decided to marry her longtime boyfriend, it seemed like a natural choice. But why? In an age of widespread cohabitation and divorce―when marriage is no longer the master key to sex, a shared home, or security―what reasons did she have for marrying? With charm and honesty, A Walk Down the Aisle addresses our desires to wed traditionally, and also to break with tradition. Illuminating familiar wedding customs by showing us those from other cultures and eras, and enlisting the ideas of figures from John Milton to Lyle Lovett, Cohen looks at how we wed today, how we find a true love, or how we find a china pattern. We join her during the summer before she walked down the aisle, and with her we face the questions her restless mind encountered―including the most troubling and, finally, exhilarating ones: What does that walk mean? And why does it feel so right?

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Biographies & Memoirs

Dartmouth

"It's an inspiring book that will--hopefully--push us toward a larger cultural conversation in which 'atheism' isn't seen as a dirty word."--The Humanist America doesn't need more God. It needs more atheists. Here's an impassioned call for nonbelievers to be honest with themselves and their families about their lack of belief--and help change the American cultural conversation. Even though a growing number of Americans don't believe in god, many remain reluctant to say so out loud. Kate Cohen argues that not only is it rewarding for those of little faith to announce themselves, it's crucial to our country's future. As she details the challenges and joys of fully embracing atheism--especially as a parent--Washington Post contributing columnist Kate Cohen does not dismiss religion as dangerous or silly. Instead, she investigates religion's appeal in order to explain the ways we can thrive without it. Americans who don't believe in god call themselves atheists, agnostics, humanists, skeptics, and freethinkers. Sometimes they are called "nones," based on the box they checked on a survey identifying their religion. And sometimes they call themselves Jewish, Christian, Muslim, or Buddhist. Whatever you call yourself, if you don't believe there's a supernatural being in charge of the universe, it's time to join the chorus of We of Little Faith.

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Parenting & Relationships

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A Walk Down the Aisle: Notes on a Modern Wedding

A Walk Down the Aisle: Notes on a Modern Wedding

The Neppi Modona Diaries: Reading Jewish Survival through My Italian Family

We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (and Maybe You Should Too)