As I mentioned yesterday, I have been busy lately selecting the novels for the new edition of A Novel Approach to FACS. My search lead me to the Bride Quartet series by Nora Roberts. There are four books in this delightful series which follow the lives and loves of four friends who run Vows, a wedding-planning company.
Each novel in the series focuses on one of the four main characters and their role in Vows: wedding photographer, floral designer, wedding cake designer and baker, and event coordinator. The author does a wonderful job of describing the skills and expectations that are part of each of the girls’ careers. She doesn’t sugar coat anything, accurately describing the long hours, hard work, and challenges of each profession. She also reveals to readers the deep satisfaction the characters experience as they help to make a bride’s wedding day magical and beautiful. In this respect, these four novels could be used very effectively in the FACS classroom. However, due to some mature content, I recommend that these novels only be used as supplemental reading for mature students.
Read the novels for yourself and then decide whether or not they are appropriate for your classroom. Even if you decide not to make them a part of your FACS program, I’m sure you’ll enjoy them. They’re a great read.
Have a Fresh FACS Day!
Ramona
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