A FASCINATING REVIEW OF FINDING THE MOTHER TREE: : A Personal Memoir on Scientific Insights and the Amazing Revelation about the life of the Forest

by Andrea C. Lewis

Dr. Suzanne Simard was born and raised in the British Columbia rainforest. She has built a longstanding relationship with love and respect for trees. This relationship was the driving force behind her decision to devote her life to better understanding the forest and the web that connects plant life. With the humor, emotion, and drive of a longtime storyteller, Dr. Simard carries readers through an intimate journey of groundbreaking scientific discovery. She combines her research with her personal experiences and tells of her life's work when she discovered the Wood Wide Web, the underground mycelium network that connects all trees and plants in a forest. It is a network that allows them to share not only nutrients but information, all of which come from the centers known as mother trees. Finding the mother tree provides an intimate and personal glimpse into the discovery, the book is not about how we can save trees, it is about how trees can actually save us. It is not just a book about science, but it is a book about striving to understand the world and realizing that life is complex and diverse and not easy to define and contain in a laboratory. Noteworthy is Suzanne's dedication to understanding trees and their wellbeing. An exquisitely written, abundant, and utterly compelling mix of fascinating facts about the natural world around us.

Kindle Edition

Published May 13, 2021

Reviews

[Cynthia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good, but sometimes she is a little too...hmm... too much..