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

Wintering by Katherine May follows a difficult period in her family’s life and her search for ways to inhabit it. Literature, mythology and encounters with the natural world weave through the personal narrative.

Solstice traditions, hibernation and cold-water swimming become starting points for thinking about rest and retreat. A reflective memoir about life’s fallow seasons, not a manual of winter survival or a guaranteed route out of illness.