Book jacket image for Custodians of Wonder by Eliot Stein

St. Martin’s

9781250281098

STARRED REVIEW

Custodians of Wonder

Eliot Stein’s vivid Custodians of Wonder documents the last people maintaining some of the world’s ancient cultural traditions, and proves that comfort, community and beauty never get old.

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Review of ‘Custodians of Wonder’

“So often, we hear stories about the first person to do something: the innovators, the pioneers,” Eliot Stein writes in his introduction to Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive. “But rarely is there a whisper for the last person to carry on a tradition, or a pause…

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