This book is a quiet, luminous meditation on the seasons of our lives when things fall apart, slow down, or ask us to turn inward. Blending memoir, nature writing, and folklore, May reframes periods of loss, illness, burnout, and transition not

as failures, but as necessary "winters". With gentleness and clarity, she invites us to listen to our bodies, honor cycles of rest, and find beauty and meaning in stillness, even when

the world urges constant motion.

We chose Wintering because we believe rest is not a retreat from the world, but a vital part of staying human within it. In a time shaped by urgency and exhaustion, rest becomes an

act of resistance that preserves our capacity for care, imagination, and sustained action. This book reminds us that slowing down, tending ourselves, and allowing recovery are not indulgent; they are essential to enduring, organizing, and continuing the work of building something better.