The Quiet Season, Reflections on Home, Humanity, and the Winter Hearth
by Anne Clay
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About the Book
When the world grows still and the fields fall silent under snow, a different kind of beauty emerges — one made of candlelight, memory, and the soft sound of wood settling in the hearth.
In The Quiet Season, Anne Clay invites readers into a winter world of reflection and rest — a time for mending, baking, writing, and simply being. Blending history, art, and personal meditation, this collection of essays explores how our ancestors met the cold months with both endurance and grace. Each page is a reminder that slowness is not idleness, and that within the hush of winter lies an invitation to rediscover meaning, beauty, and connection.
Illustrated with photographs and gentle prose, The Quiet Season is both a visual and spiritual companion — a fireside book for anyone who has ever felt the ache and wonder of the year’s most contemplative months.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Home & Garden
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Project Option: 5×8 in, 13×20 cm
# of Pages: 84 -
Isbn
- Hardcover, Dust Jacket: 9798295026386
- Publish Date: Nov 05, 2025
- Language English
- Keywords decorating, primitive
About the Creator
Anne Clay is an artist, storyteller, and creator who has devoted her life to bringing history to life in ways that feel both beautiful and deeply human. With a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art, she blends her background as a painter and photographer with her passion for early American history, interiors, and storytelling. Through her long-running YouTube channel Early American Living, Anne shares tours of her 1780s New England homestead and other historic houses, offering viewers practical decorating inspiration rooted in primitive and colonial style. Her work is known for its attention to detail, historical insight, and the way it captures the quiet poetry of everyday life. Anne is also the creator of Bellewood, a new immersive storytelling project that combines history, romance, and imagination in the form of videos, books, and atmospheric worlds. Here, she invites her audience not only to see the past but to step into it.
