Books for the Bridesmaid

We have found that these books from Amazon.com are useful to not only the bridal couple, but also to others typically involved in a wedding. We also found them to be great gifts to give to the bride and groom's attendants, as well as to the bridal couple's respective parents.

Always the Bridesmaid

by Whitney Lyles

This is a book well worth reading not only for the bridesmaid, but especially for the bride and the bridezilla! The author writes about her own experiences in four back-to-back weddings in an amusing way. She discusses her personal financial woes without criticism, but it can send a message to any bride who is so caught up in her own arrangements she fails to consider the trials of her attendants! A must gift to the bridezilla in your life!

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The Bridesmaid's Survival Guide: A Hilarious Handbook to Womanhood's Most Dubious Distinction

by Mary Kay McDermott (Paperback - June 2000)

All brides and maids must read, December 31, 2000

Reviewer: A reader from Timonium,Md.

"This is a delightful, informative and fun book to read. The illlustrations are unique and you want to keep turning the pages to see more. Also, there is much good information to avoid the pitfalls of choices to be made, such as avoiding selecting dresses for bridesmaids that will cause them to hate the bride forever. Much practical advice a bride and bridesmaids can use no matter how big or small the wedding will be. Buy it and laugh along with it."

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The Bridesmaid Guide

by Kate Chynoweth, Neryl Walker (Paperback - January 2003)

Review from Amazon.com

They don’t call them maids for nothing. Being a fabulous bridesmaid calls for much more than throwing on the dress and throwing back a few drinks. Enter The Bridesmaid Guide—a hip and informative book on being the best best woman a woman can be. With good humor and plenty of tips, author Kate Chynoweth covers everything the bridesmaids and maid of honor need to know. Whether the dilemma is how to throw a perfectly pitched bridal shower, wear the bridesmaid’s dress with panache, wow the crowd with a speech, or support the bride on her big day, here are solutions a-plenty. This illustrated guide is the perfect sourcebook for a girl’s best friend.

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The Bridesmaid's Guerrilla Handbook

by Sarah Stein, Lucy Talbot (Contributor)

A MUST HAVE, October 31, 2000

Reviewer: Shelley Tabbut from Los Angeles, CA United States

"This book has helped me through TWO "tours of bridesmaid duties," and is a must-read for any bridesmaid or maid of honor. It's both insighful and laugh-out-loud funny. From the first hours of the bride's giddy announcement of engagement to her retreat down the aisle with her newly-wedded husband, this book will have you and your fellow bridesmaids covered on the how-to's, and why-for's of the entire matrimonial event."

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101 Uses for a Bridesmaid Dress

by Cindy Walker (Author) (Hardcover)

The book and New York Times Sunday column
"This book is so much fun! Each suggestion about how to recycle a bridesmaid dress, from turning it into a taffeta hammock to using it as a beekeeper outfit, is hilarious. And the illustrations are totally charming. Give it to your bridesmaids to cheer them up!" -- Lois Smith Brady, author of Vows.

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Always A Bridesmaid: 89 Ways To Recycle That Bride

by Whitlinger (Author)

Review from Amazon.com:

This gift was the most popular that I gave my bridesmaids. From the start of my wedding planning, I knew that they would never wear the dresses again. So, I picked the most affordable dress that I liked and admitted right up front that I knew that they would never wear it again. (Coming from someone with about 5 bridesmaids dresses hidden in my parent's home.) At the rehearsal dinner, I gave the girls this book along with jewelry to wear at the wedding. They loved the book! The girls kept laughing and pointing out some of the unusual places that the author wore the dress. It certainly helped everyone put a smile on their face and relax before the wedding.