Celebrities, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Weddings

Congratulations And Best Wishes To Elizabeth Wurtzel And Jim Freed On Their Marriage!

Which legal celebrity officiated at the wedding, and what fun items are on the happy couple's registry?

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Actress Megan Fox might be going to law school (kinda). My liberal colleague Elie Mystal just agreed with Justice Thomas (definitely). And memoirist turned lawyer Elizabeth Wurtzel recently got married (seriously). Are the end times upon us?

Even the New York Times couldn’t suppress its surprise, titling its Vows column “Elizabeth Wurtzel Finds Someone to Love Her.” But it’s not because La Wurtzel isn’t a catch; she is, after all, “a gorgeous Yale Law grad who’s also a bestselling author.” Rather, the surprise at her getting married stems from what she has previously written about the institution of holy matrimony. Per Bob Morris (affiliate links supplied):

The author Elizabeth Wurtzel was never on the short list for bride. She has stated as much in her inflammatory writings for decades, and has even written that single people are more interesting by necessity.

“No one will ever love me,” she wrote in her harrowing 1994 memoir, “Prozac Nation,” which makes Lena Dunham’s character in “Girls” seem like a well-adjusted Bo Peep. “I will live and die alone. … Nothing will work out.”

But things did work out for Liz Wurtzel. As we previously reported, last year she got engaged to James Freed Jr., a fellow writer she met at a literary event where they both appeared. Then, reader, she married him.

The wedding took place on May 9 here in New York City, on a rooftop in Soho. A legal celebrity officiated:

Under a cloudy sky and surrounded by water towers and buildings that seemed almost as old as the institution of marriage itself, David Boies, Ms. Wurtzel’s law firm boss, who is also a Universal Life minister, gathered the couple into his arms and held them close.

Mr. Boies spoke of marriage as a safe place to be oneself, but also as a working commitment made on earth, not in heaven. And when during the vows, he said “in sickness — and I need to emphasize — also in health,” guests couldn’t help but smile as the bride’s and groom’s eyes met.

The reference to sickness and health held extra resonance given Wurtzel’s recent cancer diagnosis and treatment:

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[In] January, as details for their wedding were just starting to come together, Ms. Wurtzel found out she had Stage 2 breast cancer. She had a double mastectomy in February.

In April, she was having her first chemotherapy treatment and wearing a “cold cap” for hours afterward to keep her hair from falling out. Mr. Freed was with her for everything, holding her hand. But she hardly needed it. The onetime poster girl for self-pitying and self-sabotaging behavior refused to complain.

Two weeks after her second surgery, she even took the train for an annual visit with a writing class at Yale. She still had drains in her body.

“Of the bad things that have happened to me, breast cancer does not make the top ten,” she had posted on Instagram with a photo from her hospital bed.

I had the pleasure of catching up with Wurtzel last week, when she had me and my Secret Fiancé over to dinner, and I can confirm that she is in excellent spirits. Her treatment is going well — she’s finishing up with chemotherapy, which will be followed by radiation. And she looks fabulous; the “cold cap” is doing its work in preserving her lustrous locks.

Congratulations and best wishes to Elizabeth and Jim on their nuptials. If you’d like to join me in wishing them well, pick out a gift for them from their registry. I call dibs on those $1,495 bronze legs — sure, the newlyweds already have legs, but another pair can’t hurt!

Elizabeth Wurtzel Finds Someone to Love Her [New York Times]
Elizabeth & Jim’s Gift List [MyRegistry.com]

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