Arawn posted the answer to this (
The Tower of Babble by Paul-Gabriel Wiener) in the other thread so I am going to go find another one. Back in a bit.
ok, here you go:
"One hundred and seventeen buttons," the Wedding Coordinator had pronounced with no small satisfaction, as she closed the last one. Between the bride's mom and herself, the "buttoning in" of Lois had taken a mere half an hour. During which the bride had stood quietly, mind racing, as each button further sealed her fate- locking her away from her former life, her former self, and her former...ummm...partner.
