Marriage Bureau
Marriage Bureau

Author: Mary Oliver

Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

Published: 2020-12-23

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1914169271

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At a time when internet dating is booming across all ages and classes and women are setting the agenda as never before, some things have not changed: You can’t always leave love to chance. And whether the search begins with an app in the 21st century or a visit to two young but savvy matchmakers in the 1940s, the desire for lifelong happiness with a perfectly suited partner remains the same. This is the remarkable true story of the Marriage Bureau; its successes, its rare failures and its many clients, told with wit and honesty in Mary and Heather’s own words.

The Marriage Bureau for Rich People
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People

Author: Farahad Zama

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-06-11

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1101060158

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Bored with retirement, Mr. Ali sets up a desk, puts up a sign, and waits for customers for his new matchmaking business. Some clients are a mystery. Some are a challenge. Mr. Ali's assistant, Aruna, finds it a learning experience. But without a dowry, Aruna has no expectation of a match for herself. Then again, as people go about planning their lives, sometimes fate is making other arrangements.

The Marriage Bureau
The Marriage Bureau

Author: Penrose Halson

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2017-05-02

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 0062562673

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A riveting glimpse of life and love during and after World War II—a heart-warming, touching, and thoroughly absorbing true story of a world gone by. In the spring of 1939, with the Second World War looming, two determined twenty-four-year-olds, Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver, decided to open a marriage bureau. They found a tiny office on London’s Bond Street and set about the delicate business of matchmaking. Drawing on the bureau’s extensive archives, Penrose Halson—who many years later found herself the proprietor of the bureau—tells their story, and those of their clients. From shop girls to debutantes; widowers to war veterans, clients came in search of security, social acceptance, or simply love. And thanks to the meticulous organization and astute intuition of the Bureau’s matchmakers, most found what they were looking for. Penrose Halson draws from newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, and interviews with the proprietors themselves to bring the romance and heartbreak of matchmaking during wartime to vivid, often hilarious, life in this unforgettable story of a most unusual business. “A book full of charm and hilarity.”—Country Life

Mrs Hart’s Marriage Bureau
Mrs Hart’s Marriage Bureau

Author: Sheena Wilkinson

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2023-03-02

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 0008564809

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‘This is a gem. Kate Atkinson fans will love it.’ The Irish Independent ‘A briskly witty delight.’ The Irish Times

Marriage Bureau
Marriage Bureau

Author: Mary Oliver

Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

Published: 2020-12-23

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1914169263

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At a time when internet dating is booming across all ages and classes and women are setting the agenda as never before, some things have not changed: You can’t always leave love to chance. And whether the search begins with an app in the 21st century or a visit to two young but savvy matchmakers in the 1940s, the desire for lifelong happiness with a perfectly suited partner remains the same. This is the remarkable true story of the Marriage Bureau; its successes, its rare failures and its many clients, told with wit and honesty in Mary and Heather’s own words.

Child Marriages and the Law in India
Child Marriages and the Law in India

Author: Aparna Bhat

Publisher: Socio Legal Information Cent

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 8189479024

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This Book, Based On The 2004 National Consultation Organized By Human Rights Law Network, Haq, Establishes That The Incidences And Causes Of Child Marriages Haven`T Been Documented Adequately, And That The Position Of Law Itself Is Dubious.

Marriage Discourses
Marriage Discourses

Author: Jowan A. Mohammed

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-11-22

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 3110751453

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Marriage was historically not only a romantic ideal, but a tool of exploitation of women in many regards. Women were often considered commodities and marriage was far away from the romantic stereotypes people relate to it today. While marriages served as diplomatic tools or means of political legitimization in the past, the discourses about marital relationships changed and women expressed their demands more openly. Discourses about marriage in history and literature naturally became more and more heated, especially during the "long" 19th century, when marriages were contested by social reformers or political radicals, male and female alike. The present volume provides a discussion of the role of marriage and the discourses about in different chronological and geographical contexts and shows which arguments played an important role for the demand for more equality in martial relationships. It focuses on marriage discourses, may they have been legal or rather socio-political ones. In addition, the disputes about marriage in literary works of the 19th and 20th centuries are presented to complement the historical debates.