Otherwise Engaged A Novel
Otherwise Engaged by Suzanne Finnamore is a novel published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on May 9, 2000. This English-language edition spans 224 pages and presents a humorous exploration of a woman’s journey through the complexities of engagement. The story follows Eve, who initially revels in her newfound happiness after Michael proposes, but soon finds herself overwhelmed by the pressures of wedding planning and the realities of commitment.
Readers will discover a wickedly funny account of Eve’s transformation as she navigates her anxieties about marriage. The narrative delves into her experiences with wedding preparations, from ordering invitations to dealing with her fiancé’s past relationships, all while capturing the humorous and often chaotic moments that accompany such a life change. With themes of fiction and women’s experiences, Otherwise Engaged offers an insightful look at the challenges and absurdities of planning a wedding.
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A wickedly funny account of an intelligent, rational woman’s transformation into the harpy of anxieties that is the bride-to-be.
“For laugh-out-loud humor, Otherwise Engaged takes the cake.”—USA Today
When Michael pops the question, Eve is deliriously happy. She tells grocery clerks. She subscribes to bridal magazines. She delights in the rainbows that shower from the one-carat (okay, .81-carat) ring on her hand. For two days. As the cumulative stresses of ordering invitations, finding a dress, and organizing the Perfect Honeymoon fry Eve’s nerves, the very real prospect of being with one man for the rest of her days reverberates through her consciousness like a gong. Suddenly the sight of Michael’s discarded socks on the floor and his passing mentions of his former live-in French girlfriend incite doubt, argument, and public fainting.
Uproarious, insightful, tender, Otherwise Engaged dashes our soap-bubble fantasies in favor of a hilariously realistic walk to the alter.
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