The winter of our disconnection

Through a very challenging experiment for today's world, Susan Maushart brings together the personal side and scientific research in this work.

Who, these days, could imagine a house with three teenagers (and a menopausal mother) completely disconnected from any media for six months? In an age where cell phones take over our pockets and computers take over our eyes, an idea like this might seem like a science fiction film in reverse.

But it's actually an experience that goes beyond nostalgia for pre-internet times and values our most human qualities, such as connecting... with those around us, live, in color, and across the dinner table.

With good humor, the author proves that the issue, not as simple and easy as it may seem, is knowing how to use the media without letting it take over all the spaces in Real Life... Try it, if you can.

The Winter of Our Disconnection: How a Mother and Three Teenagers Spent Six Months Completely Unplugged and Lived to Tell the Tale is a lighthearted and humorous account of the dilemmas that connect families today.