Internationally beloved novelist Val McDermid has always had a soft spot for winter: the bitter clarity of a crisp cold day and the chance to be enveloped in big woolly sweaters and thick socks. In this enchanting blend of cultural history and personal memoir, McDermid takes us on a hygge-filled adventure through the season--from the frosty streets of Edinburgh to the windblown Scottish coast, from Bonfire Night and Christmas to Burns Night and Up Helly Aa. Brimming with memories from her own childhood--of skating over frozen lakes to being taken to see her first real Christmas tree in the town square--McDermid offers a wise and radiant meditation on winter and its ever-changing, sometimes ephemeral, traditions. Reminding us that it is a time of rest, retreat and creativity, for scribbling in notebooks and settling in beside the fire, Winter is a charming and cozy celebration of the year's idle months from one of Scotland's best-loved writers.
|
