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Plan your wedding without the weight of outdated customs and get hitched in a way that is authentic, fun, and true to who you are. From the minute couples become engaged, they are pressured to buy into a one-size-fits-all wedding. By breaking down the antiquated traditions of that #blessedweddingday, The New Wedding Book will help you and your betrothed throw those icky traditions to the curb in honour of having the wedding of your actual dreams -- not the one you've been force-fed for decades by the wedding-industrial complex. Inspiring couples to plan their wedding in a way that is meaningful to them, Bilodeau and Cleveland debunk the manufactured traditions, advocate for realistic budgets, offer brilliant advice from real-life couples, and confront the crushing pressure for weddings to be perfect.

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This book is mandatory reading for every modern woman who wants to actually enjoy her journey to marriage. It's the best time in history to be a woman with ambition -- and society's wedding culture has some catching up to do. You are holding a hilarious and heart-felt permission slip and guide to plan your wedding and life on your terms.--Charreah K. Jackson, author of Boss Bride We're in an age of redefinition, when so many traditional institutions are getting a much-needed update, and the wedding business is no exception. I've always been cringed out by the classic North American wedding standard, but this book takes an industry steeped in capitalist excess, heteronormativity, and conformism and shows skeptics like me that getting married can actually be an accessible, personal, and--*gasp*--romantic process, after all.--Amanda Montell, author of Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language and Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism Relationships are not one-size-fits-all, so why should weddings be? The New Wedding Book outlines the many ways you can make sure that your big day is not another generic pre-scripted event, but a dazzling reflection of your unique love.--Cynthia Loyst, bestselling author of Find Your Pleasure Women have rewritten every part of our lives, except how we marry. This line--from Michelle Bilodeau and Karen Cleveland's delightfully disruptive new book, The New Wedding Book: A Guide to Ditching All the Rules--struck me with the force of a 10-pound bouquet to the forehead. It's just so true. The cultural conditioning implicit in what Bilodeau and Cleveland call the wedding arms race is both insidious and infantilizing. Thankfully, the newly engaged now have an excellent guide to navigating the minefield of restrictive, often inherently misogynistic rituals previously filed under tradition. The New Wedding Book's mission is empowering and its tone is lively. Most importantly, its advice is practical: Once you're all fired up, TNWB provides useful tools for how to shrug off the weight of other people's expectations and actually follow your heart. My favourite part of this wonderful, modern, extremely timely book is the personal love stories so vivid that you can practically taste the spun sugar. Essential reading.--Laura deCarufel, Editor-in-chief, The Kit

This book is mandatory reading for every modern woman who wants to actually enjoy her journey to marriage. It's the best time in history to be a woman with ambition -- and society's wedding culture has some catching up to do. You are holding a hilarious and heart-felt permission slip and guide to plan your wedding and life on your terms.--Charreah K. Jackson, author of Boss Bride Relationships are not one-size-fits-all, so why should weddings be? The New Wedding Book outlines the many ways you can make sure that your big day is not another generic pre-scripted event, but a dazzling reflection of your unique love.--Cynthia Loyst, bestselling author of Find Your Pleasure

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Michelle Bilodeau is a writer and editor. Her work has appeared in CBC Life, Refinery29, Fashion, the Kit, Flare, and Canadian Living. She is also a green beauty expert on The Social. Michelle lives in Toronto. Karen Cleveland has contributed to the New York Times, Weddingbells, Today's Bride, Fashion, the Kit, Huffington Post, the Toronto Star, and the National Post. She lives in Toronto, as well.

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