pick#Naturalitsy
Clare describes dealing with depression and SADS in British winters. The nature writing is eloquent and so perceptive. It's not too much of a stretch to find yourself gulping in gasps of cold air as you stamp your feet on the hoary grasses. The author does hold your hand and a torch, as it were, to shine light on the darkest of winter days.
pickCompletely forgot to review this before heading to Jaipur! Loved it. Its twin narratives of the glories winter, and the author has an amazingly lyric turn of phrase, and the crushing slow progression of the author‘s depression/ SAD which shouldn‘t be able to form an amazing book but does. Highly, highly recommended especially if you‘re a fan of winter.
Also my first #Booked2019 book, for #newtomeAuthor and #Winter
An uncle today started a fight with his son & daughter in law because he didn‘t know anyone (other than her in previous relationships) who had been a victim of domestic violence (so it “wasn‘t as bad as they‘re [statistics] making out”). Tonight, I read this and was struck again at why it‘s so important that we talk to people about the sticky, real portions of life, why we need to have the difficult discussions. ♥️ It‘s how we hold each other up.
Okay - #Booked2019 that I‘m going to attempt to complete without actually buying any new books for the sheer fun of figuring out what on earth is actually on my shelves (also 2019 = moving countries! 😱Winter & spring at least will need to be prepacked!).
This is Winter, Planned! Girl Waits With Gun might be a stretch for Female Detective but 🤞🏻. For Irish Author I‘ve got 2 Seamus Heaney‘s I spent last night hunting through the apartment. ⬇️
The Light in the Dark: A Winter Journal | 
