The Groom's Guide: A Gentleman's Indispensable Wedding Planner

The Groom’s Guide; A Gentleman’s Indispensable Wedding Planner, is the book is for every man who wants his wedding — and the months of planning leading up to it — to be a class act. More than just a “how-to” book, The Groom’s Guide is interspersed with anecdotes and personal stories from the male perspective and delivered straight from the source: married and about-to-be married men. It’s civilized, humorous, and forthright from cover to cover. Running the gamut from surprising to poignant and entertaining and witty, the tone of the book will appeal to men and allow them to be ready to meet the challenges that lie ahead, such as: • Buying the ring
• Planning a honeymoon
• Creating a registry
• Buying groomsmen gifts, a mother-of-the-bride gift, and a gift for the bride
• Attending and planning engagement parties, and bachelor parties
• The rehearsal dinner
• Tips on giving a speech

Marguerite Smolen has nearly two decades of experience writing about weddings. She began her career in bridal journalism as editorial director of “New Jersey Bride” magazine in 1988 and then founded the regional bridal magazine, “Philadelphia Bride,” in 1992. Smolen is the author of The Brides Year Ahead, The Ultimate Month-by-Month Wedding Planner and The Everything Wedding Organizer, and The Mother of the Bride. Carol Ross’s photographs have been published in her most recent book, The Bride’s Year Ahead, published by Ronnie Sellers Productions, and are featured in The Mother of the Bride. Ross has also been published by Simon & Schuster and her work appears in Feels Like Home (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill). During her eight years as a wedding photographer in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Ross has photographed more than one hundred weddings.