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Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
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bookshelves: 2020-release, memoirs, mental-health, nature, requested-from-publisher, cover-love, parenting-or-not, reviewed-tls
Jan 14, 2020
bookshelves: 2020-release, memoirs, mental-health, nature, requested-from-publisher, cover-love, parenting-or-not, reviewed-tls
May’s sympathetic memoir considers winter not only as a literal season, but also as an emotional state. Although “depression� could be substituted for “wintering� in most instances, the book gets much metaphorical mileage out of the seasonal reference as she recounts how she attempted to embrace rather than resist the gloom and chill through rituals such as a candlelit St. Lucia service and an early morning solstice gathering at Stonehenge. Wintering alternates travel and research, and mind and body. Cold-water swimming becomes the author’s primary strategy for invigorating a winter-fogged brain and frozen limbs. (My full review appeared in the Times Literary Supplement last year.)
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September 7, 2019
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September 7, 2019
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September 7, 2019
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September 7, 2019
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memoirs
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nature
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November 19, 2019
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January 5, 2020
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January 14, 2020
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January 16, 2020
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Feb 26, 2021 07:06AM
Do you have a link for your review in the Times Lit Supp?
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Michael wrote: "Do you have a link for your review in the Times Lit Supp?"It's a paywalled site, but you should be able to read an excerpt here:
Michael wrote: "Cool thanks and congrats!"I've reviewed 20 books for the TLS now (starting in 2017), so the novelty has worn off, but thank you!
Thats impressive...i'm terrible at reviews so i'm always impressed when someone can write about writing besides "it was good," "too long," or "hated it."
Michael wrote: "Thats impressive...i'm terrible at reviews so i'm always impressed when someone can write about writing besides "it was good," "too long," or "hated it.""I've been writing paid reviews freelance since summer 2013. It's a skill that improves with practice!
Yeah I can imagine...I just give most things 3 stars and then see who yells at me.
