Something old, something bold: Bridal showers and bachelorette parties

Something Old, Something Bold: Bridal Showers and Bachelorette Parties

Volumn 9780813539447, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-224

  Montemurro, Beth ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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