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

hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

Just as I read Eat, Pray, Love at the perfect time, so was my reading of this book during my own wintering. It's an interesting mix of general non-fiction, memoir, and self-help focused on the season of winter but somewhat abstractly. While it was released in 2020, I'm sure if May had experienced the pandemic at the time of writing, it would be quite different but also...not really? Much of what she says in this feels applicable to pandemic life in a way that would have been helpful to encounter earlier in the pandemic. I think a lot of my enjoyment came from seeing myself in it. As a long time fan of winter-as-season, this helped me see some of the subconscious reasoning. It also helped me feel more secure in my desire and decision to pause and see what's next as I recover from challenging times. 

It would be a nice book to start reading around November when the "threat" of winter feels a little dreadful but anyone that feels they might need a pause would find something in this. 
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