{"product_id":"living-slowly-at-the-hearth-andarta-winterbourne-9798243907392","title":"Living Slowly at the Hearth: Old-World Rhythms for Calmer Days, Softer Evenings, and Steadier Hearts","description":"\u003cp\u003eMany people feel unsettled even when life appears manageable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDays stay busy without becoming chaotic. Work continues. Responsibilities are met. And yet, attention feels thin, evenings feel unfinished, and rest does not always bring relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiving Slowly at the Hearth\u003c\/b\u003e explores why this has become such a common experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than treating overwhelm or fatigue as personal failure, the book looks at the quiet conditions shaping modern life: ambient speed, ongoing availability, unfinished work, open time, and the absence of clear endings. Through plain, thoughtful reflection, it shows how these conditions affect attention, the body, and emotional steadiness - even when effort feels reasonable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about productivity, motivation, or self-optimization. It does not offer systems, habits, or techniques to fix yourself or improve your output.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, it offers orientation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the hearth as a guiding metaphor, the book explores rhythm instead of urgency, containment instead of carrying, and tending without constant management. It shows how steadiness often returns not through change, but through allowing life to move at a pace the body can inhabit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a gentle, contemplative voice, \u003cb\u003eLiving Slowly at the Hearth\u003c\/b\u003e is for readers who are not looking to do more - but to feel more settled inside the lives they already have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andarta Winterbourne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798243907392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Andarta Winterbourne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171833356543,"sku":"9798243907392","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/living-slowly-at-the-hearth-andarta-winterbourne-9798243907392","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}