APRIL 2019 - AudioFile
Lyrical writing combines with authentic narration in this penetrating memoir, which shows how courageous self-examination can lead to happiness in midlife and beyond. Personal coach and author Cheryl Richardson was struggling to write her next book when her husband suggested she use material from her journal, intimate writing that she reads here with unvarnished candor and a palpable desire to be helpful. Filled with picturesque language and evocative imagery, her story chronicles how she took stock of the malaise that had crept into her life, work, and marriage during the year she turned 54. Though her introspective journey is full of struggle, the vulnerability evident in every word of her touching performance makes looking inward sound inviting as we move toward our later years. T.W. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
From the Publisher
“...an outbreath of a book filled with vulnerability, insight, and power. Cheryl’s unwavering wisdom and clarity throughout is beguiling and inspiring. Written with heart and humor, this is a powerful and brave next step for Cheryl as a writer and a woman.” — Alanis Morissette
“Waking up in Winter is a precious book. Lyrical. Comforting. Honest and inviting. Like a warm bath at twilight after a bracing autumn walk in the woods.” — Christiane Northrup, MD, NY Times bestselling author of Goddesses Never Age
“...an honest account of what happens when a woman reaches midlife and starts questioning everything—her marriage, her friendships, her work, and herself. A memoir in journal form, this book tells the story of what happens when we slow down long enough to listen to our lives.” — Iyanla Vanzant
“This book is pure gold! I saw so many aspects of my own journey, triumphs and struggles. In these soulful pages, Cheryl explores how she began to listen to her life in order to live and love it fully. Now it’s our turn.” — Kris Carr, New York Times best-selling author
“Waking Up in Winter lets us witness that rare, authentic voice that can only be found by turning inward, by daring to meet with its truth, and by allowing it to transformus through the life-changing clarity of seeing at last what makes us come more alive.” — Meggan Watterson, author of Reveal: A Sacrad Manual for Getting Spiritually Naked
“Part parable, part old-fashioned storytelling, she cuts through a year of her life with a surgeon’s scalpel...Sometimes funny, often self-effacing, this is a clear-eyed, lyrical tale of transformation” — Anna Jedrziewski, Retailing Insight
Iyanla Vanzant
...an honest account of what happens when a woman reaches midlife and starts questioning everything—her marriage, her friendships, her work, and herself. A memoir in journal form, this book tells the story of what happens when we slow down long enough to listen to our lives.”
Christiane Northrup
Waking up in Winter is a precious book. Lyrical. Comforting. Honest and inviting. Like a warm bath at twilight after a bracing autumn walk in the woods.”
Anna Jedrziewski
Part parable, part old-fashioned storytelling, she cuts through a year of her life with a surgeon’s scalpel...Sometimes funny, often self-effacing, this is a clear-eyed, lyrical tale of transformation
Kris Carr
This book is pure gold! I saw so many aspects of my own journey, triumphs and struggles. In these soulful pages, Cheryl explores how she began to listen to her life in order to live and love it fully. Now it’s our turn.
Meggan Watterson
Waking Up in Winter lets us witness that rare, authentic voice that can only be found by turning inward, by daring to meet with its truth, and by allowing it to transformus through the life-changing clarity of seeing at last what makes us come more alive.
Alanis Morissette
...an outbreath of a book filled with vulnerability, insight, and power. Cheryl’s unwavering wisdom and clarity throughout is beguiling and inspiring. Written with heart and humor, this is a powerful and brave next step for Cheryl as a writer and a woman.
APRIL 2019 - AudioFile
Lyrical writing combines with authentic narration in this penetrating memoir, which shows how courageous self-examination can lead to happiness in midlife and beyond. Personal coach and author Cheryl Richardson was struggling to write her next book when her husband suggested she use material from her journal, intimate writing that she reads here with unvarnished candor and a palpable desire to be helpful. Filled with picturesque language and evocative imagery, her story chronicles how she took stock of the malaise that had crept into her life, work, and marriage during the year she turned 54. Though her introspective journey is full of struggle, the vulnerability evident in every word of her touching performance makes looking inward sound inviting as we move toward our later years. T.W. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
