Vows
The Modern Genius of an Ancient Rite
$30.86
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
14 May 2025
Summary
From the bestselling author of Home Comforts comes the “timely” (The New Yorker), “fascinating, and morally serious,” (The Wall Street Journal) story of our wedding vows—what 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, it’s a surprise to realize that this custom is actually a historical and anthropological oddity. Most of the world, for most of history,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781668021576 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1668021579 |
| Author: | Cheryl Mendelson |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 14 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 229g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 140mm x 213mm |
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Cheryl Mendelson
Cheryl Mendelson is a Harvard Law School graduate, a sometime philosophy professor, and a novelist (Morningside Heights and Love, Work, Children). In 1999, she authored the classic bestselling resource for every American household, Home Comforts. Born into a rural family in Greene County, Pennsylvania, she lives in New York City with her husband.
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