{"product_id":"9781035069170","title":"Something New : Alternative Poems for Alternative Weddings by Rachel Long","description":"Until recently, a wedding was no place for reinvention: everything from the location to the outfits to the language of the ceremony was decided by our particular cultures, religions and social expectations of gender and domestic roles; and of course, many of us were unable to get married at all. Now gay marriage is legal in Britain; heterosexual couples can have civil partnerships; we can get hitched in a yurt or a cave or on a rollercoaster.   But the old traditions die hard, and despite these apparent new freedoms, the word `wedding' still retains so many connotations, controlling our imaginations in ways that can feel alienating or limiting. When it comes to the `wedding poem', even a Star Trek themed do, with guests in bumpy skull-caps, can still translate the same old Shakespeare sonnet into Klingon.   This anthology aims to shake that up, featuring poems you won't find on any `lists' in your frantic Google search. Alternative poems for alternative weddings, be they small, huge, camp as Christmas, hilarious, glamorous, shot-gun, a third wedding held in a nursing home, or the low-key but profound culmination of a forty-year love. If you're looking for a non-cringey wedding poem, or want to be reminded of the multiplicity of love, this is the book for you.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55897343295861,"sku":"9781035069170","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781035069170.jpg?v=1756998516","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781035069170","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}