nandi crosby (19 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. ome wedding dresses are worn once.Some are returned.Some are donated.None of them forget.In Thrift Store Wedding Dresses, award-winning author and sociologist Dr. Nandi Sojourner Crosby delivers a deeply funny, achingly human collection of interconnected stories about the gowns we abandon and the lives they refuse to leave behind.Each story centers on a secondhand wedding dress and the person who encounters it at exactly the wrong or right moment. A widower searching thrift stores for his late wife's final wish. A plus-size bride uncovering a secret underground network of radical care. A seamstress resurrecting discarded gowns while stitching her own broken family back together. A mall security guard forced to manage chaos in full bridal tulle. A woman who buys back her own wedding dress after it's accidentally donated, mustard stain and all.These dresses are not symbols of fairy tales. They are witnesses.They carry grief, queerness, aging, joy, illness, class tension, longing, and survival. They crackle when moved. They stain. They resist perfection. And through them, people discover that second chances rarely look the way we were taught they should.With sharp observational humor and profound emotional depth, Crosby blends comedy and heartbreak in stories that will make you laugh out loud, cry unexpectedly, and recognize yourself in places you didn't expect.This is a book about what we throw away and what refuses to be discarded. About love that survives interruption. About bodies that take up space. About the quiet power of being seen.Perfect for readers who love character-driven storytelling, social insight, and laughter that carries weight. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 270 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.68 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A 79-year-old widower shows Helen's photo to every thrift store clerk in San Diego. "My wife," he says. "Comedian. Made this dress herself. I promised I'd wrap her in it." His voice catches. "I lost it."The clerk at Goodwill doesn't look up from her coffee. "Honey, we all lose something.""No," Henry says quietly. "I lost it. My grandson donated it by accident. It's out there somewhere. And I made a promise."This is where the search begins. And where nine interconnected stories prove that wedding dresses in thrift stores aren't abandoned-they're waiting.For readers who ugly-cried over Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and laughed through Where'd You Go, Bernadette: This collection will wreck you in the best possible way. It's Fried Green Tomatoes meets contemporary humor, with the emotional precision of Station Eleven and the heart of your favorite aunt who says inappropriate things at family dinners and means every word.WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WEDDING DRESSES END UP IN THRIFT STORES?A dress that crackles like Sun Chips teaches a trans woman she's allowed to make noise.A security guard gets called to work during a Halloween party-in a wedding dress with sleeves the size of weather balloons-and becomes an internet legend.A plus-size bride walks into a thrift store and discovers an underground network of women who've been stealing dresses from their own employers to save them from destruction.A demisexual couple buys back their own wedding dress for $45 after it's donated without permission. The mustard stain is still there, shaped like Rhode Island, proof that joy gets messy.An aunt dies and leaves her wedding dress in a thrift store with a scavenger hunt stitched into the hem: blue beads for courage, red thread for looking inside, and a test to see which niece or nephew understands that maintenance matters more than grand gestures.And somewhere, a dress speaks in first person from a donation bin, holding the vomit and shame of a nurse who worked sixteen hours and finally admitted she couldn't hold it together anymore.These aren't stories about weddings. They're stories about what happens after the ceremony-or instead of it. About bodies that refuse to apologize. About choosing yourself when everyone expected you to choose someone else. About communities that show up. About second chances that come with stains.INSIDE THESE PAGES: Stories about grief that doesn't erase joyLove that arrives in forms nobody warned you aboutBodies that refuse to apologize for existingCommunities that show up when individuals can'tDresses that remember everything you thought you'd forgottenThe radical act of choosing maintenance over grand gesturesAnd secondhand things proving they're exactly enoughBONUS: EASTER EGGS FOR CLOSE READERS This collection rewards readers who pay attention.All stories affirm LGBTQ+ identities and experiences.If you need stories about: Trans joy (not just trans struggle)Asexual love that's valid and completePlus-size bodies refusing to disappearQueer elders getting their happy endingsGrief that makes you laughLove that doesn't look like the moviesThese dresses have been waiting for you.MODERN FICTION WITH HUMOR AND HEARTNine interconnected stories. Nine wedding dresses. Nine second chances that shimmer with possibility.Each story stands alone. Together, they create a world where thrift stores hold magic, wedding dresses carry memory, and the most beautiful things come with history. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.