WAKING UP IN WINTER In Search of What Really Matters at Midlife

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 [Published: APRIL 2019]