Enchantment is a book that I'm finding hard to describe. The author, Katherine May, indicates how much she and her family had been affected by the Covid lockdowns, and how even outdoor recreation was very rare in England during that time. Our sense of danger was high, and it continued at that level. Some of us continue to feel that stress.
May's book is an exploration of how to regain our sense of wonder and connection with our world as adults. Often she looks back at events in her past, and even the household habits of the grandparents who raised her, comparing them to our modern life, and notes how modern life fails to serve us in many ways. She believes that the small doses of awe which help us keep some magic in our lives are more elusive in our lives now, and needed more than ever. Nature and ritual are important parts of our recovery.
This is a sweet book: part memoir, part guidebook, part slice of life.
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