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Wintering: How I Learned to Flourish When Life Became Frozen

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  • The Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing Nominee for Longlist (2020)
  • Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award Nominee (2020)
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Wintering: How I Learned to Flourish When Life Became Frozen

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ISBN: 9781846045998
Authors: Katherine May
Publisher: Rider
Date of Publication: 2020-11-12
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.8
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An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down. Sometimes you slip through the cracks: unforeseen circumstances like an abrupt illness, the death of a loved one, a breakup, or a job loss can derail a life. These periods of dislocation can be lonely and unexpected. For May, her husband fell ill, her son stopped attending school, and her own medical issues led her to leave a demanding job. Wintering explores how she not only endured this painful time, but embraced the singular opportunities it offered. A moving personal narrative shot through with lessons from literature, mythology, and the natural world, May's story offers instruction on the transformative power of rest and retreat. Illumination emerges from many sources: solstice celebrations and dormice hibernation, C.S. Lewis and Sylvia Plath, swimming in icy waters and sailing arctic seas. Ultimately Wintering invites us to change how we relate to our own fallow times. May models an active acceptance of sadness and finds nourishment in deep retreat, joy in the hushed beauty of winter, and encouragement in understanding life as cyclical, not linear. A secular mystic, May forms a guiding philosophy for transforming the hardships that arise before the ushering in of a new season.
 

  • The Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing Nominee for Longlist (2020)
  • Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award Nominee (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.