A beautiful memoir that encourages us to accept and embrace the challenging times in life.
Katherine May is an internationally renowned writer, podcaster and speaker whose work touches on nature, spirituality, slow living and neurodivergence. Her hybrid memoir Wintering was a global bestseller, adapted as BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week, and shortlisted for the Porchlight and Barnes & Noble Book of the Year. Her latest book, Enchantment, became an instant New York Times bestseller. Other titles include The Electricity of Every Living Thing, The Whitstable High Tide Swimming Club, and The Best, Most Awful Job. She writes the popular Substack newsletter, The Clearing and she hosts the chart-topping podcast How We Live Now. Katherine lives by the sea in Whitstable, UK, with her husband, son and pets.
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*
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*
An elegant investigation into the consolations of nature and how it
can be wonderfully restorative even on the bleakest of days
*Sunday Express*
[A] sympathetic memoir ... May recounts how she attempted to
embrace rather than resist the gloom and chill of winter ... she
radiates sincerity and quiet self-knowledge
*TLS*
In this elegant memoir Katherine May finds beauty and
transformation in a difficult period of her life ... an evocative
ode to retreat that will appeal to fans of Deborah Levy's The Cost
of Living
*Publishers Weekly*
Wintering is the book equivalent of a perfectly timed hug you
didn't know you needed, a warm blanket on a cold day ... it's
exactly what the world needs right now
*Nora McInerny, host of Terrible, Thanks for Asking*
A beautifully written mix of memoir and philosophy ... May offers
much needed solace and comfort and a reminder that seasons
eventually turn
*Booklist*
May writes beautifully... A contemplative, hopeful, consoling
book
*NPR*
Absolutely beautiful
*Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild*
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