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Midwinter
- Author
- Michael Harding
- Narrator
- Michael Harding
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Publish Date
- 9 October 2025
- Run Time
- 5 hours 18 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Memoirs
What to expect
As stories emerge from the shadows, we meet a young boy whose arrival brings hope, but whose journey will know winter's path. November is a rainstorm, December a bleak twilight, but as January dawns and the ice
thaws, the fragile light of love penetrates the dark, bringing beauty to the earth and making new beginnings possible.
In writing of shadowed beauty, Midwinter is a poignant exploration of a season of loss, and the glimpses of hope that can follow even the longest nights.
Snow falls within.
Blanketing the heart in peace.
Winter's dream takes hold.
This book is dedicated to everyone at Pieta House, a suicide prevention charity. This is a work of non-fiction apart from the character of Martin who is fictional but whose story reflects the heartache and loss so many families endure every year.
Critics Review
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Michael Harding has bestowed on us a beguiling meditation on life and death in these quiet and profound reflections ... remarkable ... a comforting book, beautifully written and with gorgeous illustrations
Irish Times
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Unbearably honest. Harding writes with lyrical beauty
Irish Independent
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Details
- Author
- Michael Harding
- Narrator
- Michael Harding
- Duration
- 5 hours 18 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 October 2025
- ISBN
- 9781399750264
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Genre
- Memoirs
Synopsis
On frosty nights, as he sits by a flickering fire, Michael Harding withdraws into the stillness of winter and begins to reckon with age and death.As stories emerge from the shadows, we meet a young boy whose arrival brings hope, but whose journey will know winter's path. November is a rainstorm, December a bleak twilight, but as January dawns and the icethaws, the fragile light of love penetrates the dark, bringing beauty to the earth and making new beginnings possible.In writing of shadowed beauty, Midwinter is a poignant exploration of a season of loss, and the glimpses of hope that can follow even the longest nights.Snow falls within.Blanketing the heart in peace.Winter's dream takes hold. This book is dedicated to everyone at Pieta House, a suicide prevention charity. This is a work of non-fiction apart from the character of Martin who is fictional but whose story reflects the heartache and loss so many families endure every year.
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