Scenes from an Impending Marriage

Title: Scenes from an Impending Marriage
Author: Adrian Tomine
Illustrator: Adrian Tomine
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Copyright: 2011
Price: $9.95
ISBN: 978-1-770460-32-8
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Summary and Quick Thoughts: Oh engagement! The next to last step to the marriage that will tie people together until death –or divorce- do they part. In Scenes from an Impending Marriage readers follow along as Sarah and Adrian try to plan their wedding. From guests to DJs to just trying to do things together, planning this wedding is hard. Tomine uses various art styles to evoke their frustrations about wedding planning and also give readers a little inside humor to wedding planning. It’s enjoyable and something I want[ed] on my wedding planning shelf for a little humor (Note: Pretty sure I read this BEFORE my wedding).
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Recommended Audience: Adults
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Things to be aware of: N/A
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Further Thoughts: The adorable cover of the couple rushing to get married (or away from the altar into their new lives together?) does not show you what is inside the book. The little hard cover book tells the story of Adrian and Sarah as they plan their wedding. Anyone who had planned a wedding (or tried to or dreads it) will understand what happens in this collection of strips showing their ups and downs. The humor is perfectly timed and consistent. The art is fun and I enjoyed the different styles used to tell this (Family Circus, Charlie Brown). A perfect gift or must read for the newly engaged.

Well worth the wait and hunting for this book (I heard about it and waited a while before a library got it).
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Source: Library copy.