{"product_id":"wintering-the-power-of-rest-and-retreat-in-difficult-times","title":"Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are seasons in a life when the world goes quiet and we are forced — or invited — to stop. Katherine May’s \u003ci\u003eWintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times\u003c\/i\u003e is a luminous, deeply humane exploration of what it means to enter those fallow periods with open eyes, and to discover in them an unexpected source of renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen May’s husband fell ill, her son stopped attending school, and her own health forced her to leave her job, she found herself in a winter she hadn’t chosen. Rather than resist it, she leaned in — swimming in icy waters, celebrating solstice, studying the dormouse in hibernation, and drawing on the wisdom of C.S. Lewis, Sylvia Plath, and the ancient rhythms of the natural world. What she found was not defeat but transformation: a philosophy of rest as an active, courageous, and ultimately life-giving practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers drawn to contemplative nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eWintering\u003c\/i\u003e speaks to anyone who has ever felt undone by circumstances beyond their control — for those navigating illness, grief, burnout, or loss, for seekers who find meaning in nature and the turning of seasons, and for anyone ready to stop measuring life in linear terms and begin moving with its cycles instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplore more contemplative reading: Turn to \u003ca href=\"\/products\/aflame-learning-from-silence\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAflame: Learning from Silence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e by Pico Iyer for a meditation on retreat and the wisdom of stillness, or \u003ca href=\"\/products\/zero-at-the-bone-fifty-entries-against-despair\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eZero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e by Christian Wiman for an honest reckoning with darkness and what endures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat You’ll Discover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA philosophy of rest and retreat drawn from literature, mythology, and the natural world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLessons from C.S. Lewis, Sylvia Plath, solstice traditions, and arctic seas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMay’s own unflinching account of navigating illness, family crisis, and professional loss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to embrace life’s fallow periods rather than endure them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA secular mystic’s guide to the cyclical, seasonal nature of a well-lived life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatherine May is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and the writer behind \u003ci\u003eEnchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age\u003c\/i\u003e. A self-described secular mystic, she writes at the intersection of nature, psychology, and the interior life, and has been praised by Krista Tippett, Elizabeth Gilbert, and the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e for her clear-eyed, steady, and deeply human voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/b\u003e Readers navigating illness, grief, burnout, or loss, those drawn to nature writing and seasonal wisdom, fans of Elizabeth Gilbert or Krista Tippett’s \u003ci\u003eOn Being\u003c\/i\u003e, seekers exploring rest as a spiritual practice, readers of contemplative and personal narrative nonfiction, those interested in cyclical living and slow seasons, practitioners of mindfulness or intentional living, and anyone ready to find grace in letting go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuality hardcover edition | ISBN 9780593189481. Katherine May’s \u003ci\u003eWintering\u003c\/i\u003e — a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and a gentle, courageous invitation to rest, retreat, and begin again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katherine May","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48108963201155,"sku":"BS-3QC-189481","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/1583\/7571\/files\/9780593189481-HD.jpg?v=1788636280","url":"https:\/\/www.merceliarose.com\/products\/wintering-the-power-of-rest-and-retreat-in-difficult-times","provider":"Mercelia Rose","version":"1.0","type":"link"}