{"id":3700,"date":"2015-05-04T14:42:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T14:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3700"},"modified":"2015-05-04T14:42:27","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T14:42:27","slug":"the-wedding-dress-by-rachel-hauck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3700","title":{"rendered":"The Wedding Dress by Rachel Hauck"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3724\" style=\"width: 132px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.uhls.org\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1490433\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3724\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Wedding-Dress-198x300.png\" alt=\"The Wedding Dress\" width=\"132\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Wedding-Dress-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Wedding-Dress.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2191 Reserve a copy \u2191<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Something just speaks\u00a0to Charlotte, owner of a bridal boutique, when she finds an old truck at an estate sale. \u00a0She buys\u00a0it even though it\u00a0is welded shut. \u00a0Her fiance, Tim, iss initially upset at her for spending money on it when they are saving for a wedding.<\/p>\n<p>Upon opening the trunk she finds a beautiful hand-stitched wedding gown and some old military dog tags.\u00a0 Her quest to learn more about this extraordinary dress\u00a0leads her on a journey that will change her. She learns of the other brides who wore the dress and their stories of love, loss and redemption:\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #181818;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Emily from 1912, Mary Grace from 1939, Hillary from 1968. \u00a0Has Charlotte finally found the perfect dress and is Tim her true love ? If you are looking for a delightful, easy read, check it out!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something just speaks\u00a0to Charlotte, owner of a bridal boutique, when she finds an old truck at an estate sale. \u00a0She buys\u00a0it even though it\u00a0is welded shut. \u00a0Her fiance, Tim, iss initially upset at her for spending money on it when they are saving for a wedding. Upon opening the trunk she finds a beautiful hand-stitched &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3700\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Wedding Dress by Rachel Hauck<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,8,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-lisa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}