Favorite quote: “Every year for as long as I could remember, I spiraled down into winter anxiety. Every autumn, I dreaded the shortening days, the grey skies, the fog and rain. But what if I went outdoors, even on the worst days, instead of turning my back on winter weather?”
From the publisher: Helen Moat used to hide from winter: she would hunker down inside, yearn for the sun, and wait it out. So when she heard others call it their preferred season, she went on a mission to discover what they saw in the months she found so difficult.
Trying to understand why some of the darkest and coldest countries in the world have the lowest rates of seasonal depression, she dives into cultural practices from warming winter food to traditional book gifting and finds that forcing herself outside in the cold unexpectedly invigorates her and pushes her into deepened human connections.
