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Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

by Katherine May
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

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ISBN13: 9780593189481
ISBN10: 0593189485
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"Every bit as beautiful and healing as the season itself....This is truly a beautiful book." Elizabeth Gilbert

"May writes beautifully....A contemplative, hopeful, consoling book." NPR

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 break up, 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.

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"Wintering is the book equivalent of a perfectly timed hug you didn't know you needed, a warm blanket on a cold day. So many books about adversity focus on ways to get away from the discomfort, and this book so wonderfully and sincerely says it's okay to be here, even when it hurts. It's exactly what the world needs right now." Nora McInerny, host of Terrible, Thanks for Asking

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"Enthralling...[May] has a gift for unleashing unexpected comedy...There is so much to treasure here...Her sensual connoisseurship a joy." The Guardian

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"An intimate meditation on solitude and transformation...A serene evocation of a dark season." Kirkus

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Katherine May is a writer of both fiction and nonfiction. Her journalism and essays have appeared in a range of publications including The Times (London ), Good Housekeeping, and Cosmopolitan. She lives by the sea in Whitstable, England and is an avid lover of the outdoors.

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Katherine May has written a bountiful book about life as compared to the seasons. Winters according to her are times of rest and recuperation. May has had winters in her life and she has recovered by becoming one with nature. She points out that oftentimes we believe we will be happy in a state of perpetual summers; But life is not like that. Emotionally we're prone to stifling summers and the low dark of winters when there are sudden drops in temperature, Like light and shade.

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Publication date:
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5.70IN
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