One Perfect Day

One Perfect Day

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  • Author: Rebecca Mead
  • Publisher: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780143113843
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 260

Astutely observed and deftly witty, One Perfect Day masterfully mixes investigative journalism and social commentary to explore the workings of the wedding industry-an industry that claims to be worth $160 billion to the U.S. economy and which has every interest in ensuring that the American wedding becomes ever more lavish and complex. Taking us inside the workings of the wedding industry-including the swelling ranks of professional event planners, department stores with their online registries, the retailers and manufacturers of bridal gowns, and the Walt Disney Company and its Fairy Tale Weddings program-New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead skillfully holds the mirror up to the bride's deepest hopes and fears about her wedding day, revealing that for better or worse, the way we marry is who we are.


One Perfect Day

One Perfect Day

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  • Author: Lauraine Snelling
  • Publisher: FaithWords
  • ISBN: 0446544582
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 195

This is the story of two mothers, strangers to one another. The first has two children -- twins, a boy and girl, who are seniors in high school. She wants their last Christmas as a family living in the same home to be perfect, but her husband is delayed returning from a business trip abroad. And then there's an accident -- a fatal one involving a drunk driver. Meanwhile, the other mother has a daughter who needs a new heart, and so the loss of one woman becomes the miracle the other has desperately prayed for. While one mother grieves, and pulls away from her family, the other finds that even miracles aren't always easy to receive.


This Perfect Day

This Perfect Day

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  • Author: Ira Levin
  • Publisher: Simon and Schuster
  • ISBN: 1605989363
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 320

By the author of Rosemary‘s Baby, a horrifying journey into a future only Ira Levin could imagine. Considered one of the great dystopian novels—alongside Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World—Ira Levin's frightening glimpse into the future continues to fascinate readers even forty years after publication. The story is set in a seemingly perfect global society. Uniformity is the defining feature; there is only one language and all ethnic groups have been eugenically merged into one race called “The Family.“ The world is ruled by a central computer called UniComp that has been programmed to keep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. People are continually drugged by means of regular injections so that they can never realize their potential as human beings, but will remain satisfied and cooperative. They are told where to live, when to eat, whom to marry, when to reproduce. even the basic facts of nature are subject to the UniComp's will—men do not grow facial hair, women do not develop breasts, and it only rains at night. With a vision as frightening as any in the history of the science fiction genre, This Perfect Day is one of Ira Levin's most haunting novels.


One Whole and Perfect Day

One Whole and Perfect Day

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  • Author: Judith Clarke
  • Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
  • ISBN: 1932425950
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 251

Summary: As her irritating family prepares to celebrate her grandfather's eightieth birthday, sixteen-year-old Lily yearns for just one whole perfect day together.


A Perfect Day

A Perfect Day

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  • Author: Lane Smith
  • Publisher: Macmillan
  • ISBN: 1626725365
  • Category : JUVENILE FICTION
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 37

A perfect day means different things to different animals in Bert's backyard in this droll tale from bestselling, Caldecott Honor-winner Lane Smith.


Ruby's Perfect Day

Ruby's Perfect Day

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  • Author: Susan Hill
  • Publisher: Zondervan
  • ISBN: 0310424771
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 32

A lesson in being content. Ruby's plans for a perfect day with friends ends up more special than she could have imagined!


It's a Perfect Day

It's a Perfect Day

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  • Author: Abigail Pizer
  • Publisher: Macmillan Pub Limited
  • ISBN: 9780333566114
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 23


A Perfect Day

A Perfect Day

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  • Author: Kirsten Hall
  • Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
  • ISBN: 9780516255217
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

Meet the Beasties! These beautiful hand-painted books include a word list and word-building activities about fuzzy friends that young readers will love. Each book reinforces a specific skill such as identifying colors, reading maps, performing math, identifying shapes and sizes, learning about opposites, and much, much more!


Cy's Perfect Day

Cy's Perfect Day

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  • Author: John Walters
  • Publisher: Ascend Books
  • ISBN: 9781736943137
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 32

Iowa State fans are incredible! Cy is the joyful mascot of the Iowa State Cyclones. Cy's Perfect Day tells the story of Cy enjoying the company of friends before Cyclone football games. All is well when the Cyclones win. But Cy is concerned, after a loss, about how his friends will react. Will they still come back the following week? Cy finds out that Iowa State fans always come back. Nobody likes to lose a game. But if the team is showing great hustle and effort, they will be rewarded with unconditional loyalty from the fan base. Those shared experiences, in both wins and losses, are what connect the fans to each other and the teams - and what makes the celebration of the victories that much more special. Young Iowa State fans will read this book over and over. And parents and grandparents are sure to share in the fun.


One Perfect Day

One Perfect Day

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  • Author: Diane Burke
  • Publisher: Skyhorse
  • ISBN: 1629141488
  • Category : Family & Relationships
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 208

The moment Diane Burke, an author and mother of two grown sons, received an unexpected certified letter in the mail, she had no idea her life would be shaken to its core. Memories of a past she had buried more than forty years ago suddenly resurfaced and she wasn't prepared to deal with them. Steve Orlandi, happily married, father of two and step-father of three, was living the typical middle class American life. But since the age of eight, when he discovered he was adopted, he had led that life dealing with inner questions about his self-identity and genetic history. Always on his mind was one simple, yet complicated and loaded question: Who am I? In One Perfect Day, Diane shares with readers how she came to the heartbreaking conclusion to give her baby up for adoption and how this decision has affected her life sense. Through Steve's invaluable perspective, readers will also experience the lengths he traveled to discover his mother's identity and reach out to her, not knowing whether she'd want to meet with him after nearly four decades of separation. It all comes together on one perfect day. This book asks and answers the questions: What defines family? What does it mean to forgive? And is it worth the time, energy, and emotional cost to love a stranger?