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The Resource Mergers and acquisitions : or, everything I know about love I learned on the wedding pages : a memoir, Cate Doty

Mergers and acquisitions : or, everything I know about love I learned on the wedding pages : a memoir, Cate Doty

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Summary
  • A compulsively readable behind-the-scenes memoir that takes readers inside the weddings section of the New York Times-- the good, bad, and just plain weird-- through the eyes of a young reporter just as she's falling in love herself
  • "Growing up in the south, where tradition reigns supreme, Cate Doty thought about weddings . . . a lot. She catered for them, she attended many, she imagined her own. So, when she moved to New York City in pursuit of love--and to write for The New York Times--she finds her natural home in the wedding section, a first step to her own happily-ever-after, surely. Soon Cate is thrown into the cutthroat world of the metropolitan society pages, experiencing the lengths couples go to have their announcements accepted and the lengths the writers go in fact-checking their stories; the surprising, status-signaling details that matter most to brides and grooms; and the politics of the paper at a time of vast cultural and industry changes. Reporting weekly on couples whose relationships seem enviable--or eye-roll worthy--and dealing with WASPy grandparents and last-minute snafus, Cate is surrounded by love, or what we're told to believe is love. But when she starts to take the leap herself, she begins to ask her own questions about what it means to truly commit....Warm, witty, and keenly observed, Mergers and Acquisitions is an enthralling dive into one of society's most esteemed institutions, its creators and subjects, and a young woman's coming-of-age."--Publisher
Language
eng
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Mergers and acquisitions : or, everything I know about love I learned on the wedding pages : a memoir
Title
Mergers and acquisitions
Title remainder
or, everything I know about love I learned on the wedding pages : a memoir
Statement of responsibility
Cate Doty
Title variation
Everything I know about love I learned on the wedding pages : a memoir
Creator
Author
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • A compulsively readable behind-the-scenes memoir that takes readers inside the weddings section of the New York Times-- the good, bad, and just plain weird-- through the eyes of a young reporter just as she's falling in love herself
  • "Growing up in the south, where tradition reigns supreme, Cate Doty thought about weddings . . . a lot. She catered for them, she attended many, she imagined her own. So, when she moved to New York City in pursuit of love--and to write for The New York Times--she finds her natural home in the wedding section, a first step to her own happily-ever-after, surely. Soon Cate is thrown into the cutthroat world of the metropolitan society pages, experiencing the lengths couples go to have their announcements accepted and the lengths the writers go in fact-checking their stories; the surprising, status-signaling details that matter most to brides and grooms; and the politics of the paper at a time of vast cultural and industry changes. Reporting weekly on couples whose relationships seem enviable--or eye-roll worthy--and dealing with WASPy grandparents and last-minute snafus, Cate is surrounded by love, or what we're told to believe is love. But when she starts to take the leap herself, she begins to ask her own questions about what it means to truly commit....Warm, witty, and keenly observed, Mergers and Acquisitions is an enthralling dive into one of society's most esteemed institutions, its creators and subjects, and a young woman's coming-of-age."--Publisher
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
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Doty, Cate
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Doty, Cate
  • Women journalists
  • Newspapers
  • Weddings
  • Love
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Weddings
  • Newspapers
  • Weddings
  • Love
  • Femmes journalistes
  • Noces
  • Amour
  • Relations entre hommes et femmes
  • Noces
  • Newspapers
  • Love
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Weddings
  • Women journalists
  • New York (State)
  • New York (State)
  • United States
Label
Mergers and acquisitions : or, everything I know about love I learned on the wedding pages : a memoir, Cate Doty
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Publication
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-356)
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1224593499
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
ix, 356 pages
Isbn
9780593190449
Lccn
2021287049
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1224593499
Label
Mergers and acquisitions : or, everything I know about love I learned on the wedding pages : a memoir, Cate Doty
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-356)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1224593499
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
ix, 356 pages
Isbn
9780593190449
Lccn
2021287049
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1224593499

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