We went to the funeral. The religious service was nice until the widow broke down in tears.

Supergook of the fighting 6th NVA Infantry Regiment...more powerful than a locomotive...faster than a speeding bullet, able to bend the badboys of Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines with bare hands.

In the end, the reviewer concludes, Rachel “attains a satisfactory ideal of weakmindedness,” giving up her ambition in order to marry a soldier

In the past, Ali had found the term bridezilla mildly amusing, but when it came to dealing with an Edie who had suddenly morphed into what could only be called the bride's momzilla? That wasn't amusing in the least.