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Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
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Abandoned! (Please clap as I never do this.)
This book seemed to want to be many different things -- part nature writing, part illness memoir, part travelogue -- and so it felt underbaked. To mix metaphors, it included the seeds of some truly good ideas that needed more time in the ground. (Some reviewers have blasted this for reeking of privilege, which -- yeah, of course, she has time to write a book, and a memoir no less. What did you expect?) Once I realized it was going to be a frustrating read I returned to the library.
This book seemed to want to be many different things -- part nature writing, part illness memoir, part travelogue -- and so it felt underbaked. To mix metaphors, it included the seeds of some truly good ideas that needed more time in the ground. (Some reviewers have blasted this for reeking of privilege, which -- yeah, of course, she has time to write a book, and a memoir no less. What did you expect?) Once I realized it was going to be a frustrating read I returned to the library.
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Ooof. Good to know. I skimmed through it at the bookstore to get motivated and buy it, but ended up not getting it.
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Thanks for this! I so appreciate when people I respect and appreciate write even one sentence (or more) to tell me why or why they didn’t like a book. This was helpful!
