The Overstory
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The Overstory, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, is a sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world. From the roots to the crown and back to the seeds, Richard Powers's twelfth novel unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. There is...
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A poetic tale speaking to the heart of humanity as a reminder we are all deeply connected with natur
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Beautifully written, weaving stories of 6 people and how trees affected their lives.
I couldn't wait for morning to go walking in the forest so I just stood outside by the maple.
The Overstory
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