Winter: The Story of a Season
by Val McDermid
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“The perfect little book to get you through winter’s doldrums . . . a warm look at a dark time.”—Washington Post
In this radiant work of creative nonfiction, internationally beloved novelist Val McDermid delivers a dazzling ode to a lost world, ruminating on a single winter in her life as she journeys into the heart of the season’s ever-evolving community-based traditions
Val McDermid has always had a soft spot for winter: the bitter clarity of a crisp cold day, the crunch of frost on fallen leaves, and the chance to be enveloped in big jumpers and thick socks.
In Winter, McDermid takes us on an 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. Recalling in parallel memories from her own childhood—of skating over frozen lakes and carving a “neep” (rutabaga) for Halloween to being taken to see her first real Christmas tree in the town square—McDermid offers a wise and enchanting meditation on winter and its ever-changing, sometimes ephemeral, traditions.
A hygge-filled journey through winter nights, McDermid reminds us that it is a time of rest, retreat and creativity, for scribbling in notebooks and settling in beside the fire. A treat for the hunkering-down, post-holiday reading season, Winter is a charming and cozy celebration of the year’s idle months from one of Scotland’s best-loved writers.
Details
- Publisher
- Grove Atlantic
- Author
- Val McDermid
- Format
- Hardcover
- Published
- Jan 13, 2026
- ISBN-13
- 9780802167811
- ISBN-10
- 0802167810
- Pages
- 176
- Carton quantity
- 24 copies
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| 25 – 99 | $17.38 | 21% off list |
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| 500 – 999 | $15.84 | 28% off list |
| 1,000+ | $15.40 | 30% off list |
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