Wintering

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This is wintering. It is the courage to stare down the worst parts of our experience and commit to healing them the best we can
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Wintering, the dormant periods in our lives, the dark moments we endure – which can be brought about through myriad of ways; from the death of a loved one to a sudden change in circumstances or mental health issues – can be lonely, damaging and catch us off guard.

Katherine May recounts her own year-long journey through winter, and how she found strength and inspiration when life felt frozen. Part memoir, part exploration of a human condition, Wintering explores the healing nature of the great outdoors to help us overcome and embrace our own wintering experiences, and how, much like nature, we can learn to appreciate these low periods, and what they have to teach us, before the ushering in of a new season.

© Katherine May 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Critics Review

  • A beautiful, gentle exploration of the dark season of life and the light of spring that eventually follows

    Raynor Winn, bestselling author of The Salt Path
  • A book for the soul

    Caitlin Moran
  • Katherine May thoughtfully examines the emotional, spiritual, and geographical reality of the cold times, the dark days, and those periods of our lives when things are neither soft nor easy. In so doing, she offers a great and humane service to her readers: she shows us that wintering cannot be avoided, but need not be feared.

    Elizabeth Gilbert
  • Wise, radical and comforting. It’s a refreshing, original way of looking at winter, both the season and the winterings that happen in all of our lives. A thought-provoking joy to read.

    Lucy Jones, author of Losing Eden
  • We all experience periods of ‘wintering’ in our lives and this book shows us how to embrace the uncertainty that can come with it. A beautiful book that can be enjoyed in both winter and summer

    Lara Maiklem, author of Mudlarking

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