Keep Your Mouth Shut and Wear Beige

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Keep Your Mouth Shut and Wear Beige
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kathleen Gilles Seidel
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 215,Width 139
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780312367756
ClassificationsDewey:FIC
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Griffin Publishing
Imprint Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S.
Publication Date 28 April 2009
Publication Country United States

Description

An insightful and witty novel that explores women's friendships and one of the most difficult roles a woman will play - mother of the groom.Darcy Van Aiken is an ICU nurse with an "amicable" divorce from her ex-husband Mike, two great kids, and a prescription for Ritalin. Then her older son Jeremy gets engaged, and Darcy has to figure out if Rose, the bride's mother, is going to be her new best friend or the mother-in-law who insists that all future holidays be celebrated in her home.Rose and her husband have money. Lots of it. The plans for their daughter's dream wedding grow more fabulous by the day, and loving every minute of the planning is Claudia, Darcy's ex-husband's new girlfriend. Beautifully dressed with perfect taste, Claudia can't help thinking she would make a better mother-of-the-groom than Darcy. It's a battle of will and wits. What Darcy learns about herself - and about family and friendship - makes for a delicious, hilarious, touching read.

Author Biography

Kathleen Gilles Seidel has a PhD in English literature from Johns Hopkins and lives in Virginia with her husband and two daughters.