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This has been the ultimate in-between story book.

I bought this book at a bookstore in Idaho in September 2019 on my very last RV trip visiting my sister.

It is meaningful in two ways.

One, because it became our last RV trip before selling the RV.

And two, because this is the first book that took me over a year to finish.

And to be quite honest, the last story within the book which was supposed to bring it all together, I had to abandon, because it went to such outrageous places (in my opinion). I just couldn’t keep up with it. (Even so, that doesn't take away from this being a beautiful story. - I know... - disappointed - and beautiful!)

Still, I want to go back to talking about this book.

I kept with it, as my in-between story book, because there was something special and unique about it that kept me returning to read it in-between other novels.

If you have a love of trees, you will come to appreciate them even more.

If you don’t understand the magic of trees just yet, you will come to after reading this story.

It is a brilliant and passionate book about humans and their relationship to trees and the natural environment in the first half of the book.

And...Written like short stories, nine characters (in the beginning of the book) are introduced separately with their tree story.

Also...Each story has their event and how the life of the character is changed by this event.

The environmental activism is obvious, and the author’s compassion and enthusiasm for the topic is obvious, but, how he brings it together in the last part of the book didn’t flow for me. (That is why my rating is lower.)

And...As I mentioned above, I gave up. Has anyone else felt differently?

I am curious about your reaction to this 500 page book.