The relationship between a mother and daughter is often fraught, but never so much as during the preparations for that walk down the aisle. Ilene Beckerman has taken that walk with three daughters and tells us, with great wisdom and wit, why childbirth is less painful than planning a wedding. Ilene Beckerman was nearly sixty when she began her writing career. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Ladies' Home...