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OverviewEncore brides and couples with divorced parents will find helpful and suitable advice in this sophisticated, up-to-date wedding guide and etiquette primer. Jann Blackstone-Ford, a certified divorce and stepfamily mediator, and Sharyl Jupe, her husband's first wife, know firsthand how to make a blended family wedding a joyous affair. Together they take couples step-by-step through the wedding process,from the engagement to the planning stage, from the bridal shower to the wedding ceremony, and from the reception to the honeymoon or ""familymoon.""The topics addressed include how and when to tell children about remarriage; how children from a previous marriage will participate in the new wedding; how to arrange a harmonious seating plan for divorced in-laws; how to graciously word the invitations when the parents of the bride or groom are divorced; who stands where in the wedding pictures and the receiving line;how not to play favorites when among siblings, half-siblings, and stepsiblings; and how to address who walks the bride down the aisle-her father or her stepfather? A complete resource guide listingweb sites and books rounds out this helpful volume. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jann Blackstone-Ford , Sharyl JupePublisher: Chicago Review Press Imprint: Chicago Review Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.299kg ISBN: 9781556526718ISBN 10: 1556526717 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 01 April 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsThoughtful, well-informed. -- Publishers Weekly on Ex-Etiquette for Parents Highly recommended. -- Library Journal on Ex-Etiquette for Parents Perhaps no book better illustrates how blended families can co-exist than Ex-Etiquette for Parents . -- Big Apple Parent ""Thoughtful, well-informed."" -- Publishers Weekly on Ex-Etiquette for Parents ""Highly recommended."" -- Library Journal on Ex-Etiquette for Parents ""Perhaps no book better illustrates how blended families can co-exist than Ex-Etiquette for Parents ."" -- Big Apple Parent Author InformationJann Blackstone-Ford is a certified divorce and stepfamily mediator. She has contributed to The Christian Science Monitor, Redbook, and Working Motherand has appeared on Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Today.She isthe founder and director of Bonus Families, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the peaceful coexistence between separated or divorced parents and their new families. She is the coauthor of Ex-Etiquette for Parents and theauthor of The Custody Solution Sourcebook, Midlife Motherhood, and My Parents Are Divorced, Too.Sharyl Jupe is a regular columnist for the Bonus Families website and the coauthor of Ex-Etiquette for Parents. Together, they write the nationally syndicated newspaper advice column, ""Ex-Etiquette."" Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |