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Wonder: An Owner's Guide to Your One Extraordinary Life
Paperback
Letters & EssaysMetaphysical GeneralSelf-Help
Publisher Price: $16.99
Publisher: Creative Spark Consulting, LLC
Published: Oct 6 2026
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.29 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The world is still full of wonder. We've just been too busy to look.
Lovely... approachable... poetic. - 4 out of 5 stars, Foreword Clarion Reviews
I couldn't put it down. A profound read - and I say that with no hyperbole. It spoke to something missing in me that I cannot verbalize yet. - Bonnie Lieberman, Mom and School Board President
We move through our days half-awake - rushing past the poppies, skipping the concert, ducking in out of the rain and missing the experience waiting around the corner. And then, every so often, something stops us cold. A lilting ballad. A painting in the museum we almost skipped. A friend who holds fast to joy and grace at the absolute edge of everything. In those moments, we remember what it feels like to be fully, achingly alive.
Wonder is a sanctuary for those moments - and an invitation to see them in the middle of our busy, over-scheduled lives.
In thirteen lyric essays across four movements, Gary Waddell takes you on a sweeping journey: from a twilight backyard in North Carolina to a Parisian chapel in the rain, from Frida Kahlo's unblinking gaze to a desert sky of breathtaking brilliance, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to a friend's porch at the end of a life well-lived. Along the way, he makes a quietly radical case - that wonder isn't a luxury reserved for grand vistas and rare occasions, but is the very point of it all, available to anyone willing to pay attention.
For readers who love Anna Quindlen's A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Ross Gay's The Book of Delights, Haemin Sunim's The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down, and the lyric poetry of Mary Oliver, Wonder is a book to keep, to return to, and to give - to anyone who has everything, or would welcome a reminder to breathe deeply and notice what's in front of them.
Wonder awaits. Just look.
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