Vows: The Modern Genius of an Ancient Rite PB_Gift_Guide that brilliantly explores the emotional

that brilliantly explores the emotional fabric of Bret’s life at seventeen—sex and jealousy

"Begins with a spark of intrigue that ignites into a thrilling adventure

the detachment from materialism

while noblemen bicker for their own advantage

Their beloved patriarch has suffered from an emotional collapse and is dying

Vows: The Modern Genius of an Ancient Rite PB_Gift_Guide that brilliantly explores the emotionalFrom the bestselling author of Home Comforts comes the timely (The New Yorker), fascinating, and morally serious, (The Wall Street Journal) story of our wedding vowswhat they mean and why they still matter. In the West, marrying is so thoroughly identified with ceremonial promises that taking vows is a synonym for getting married. So, its a surprise to realize that this custom is actually a historical and anthropological oddity. Most of the world, for