And then there’s Mimas, one of the few remaining of the giant redwoods, of which less than 3% of the original stock remain, trees that can grow to over 300 feet tall and live for thousands of years. Suzanne Simard), a video game entrepreneur who becomes paralyzed after falling out of a tree as a child, a college student accidentally electrocuted into a metaphysical connection with trees, the daughter of a Chinese immigrant who inherits a relationship with trees from her father, a Vietnam war veteran saved by a tree that spends his time planting trees, and so on a remarkably diverse array of characters all with a unique story. The cast includes a scientist whose research on trees is attacked and discredited by her peers (inspired by the real-life and work of forest ecologist Dr. The narrative follows the lives of the human characters all sharing unique relationships with trees. Is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel that uniquely includes trees among its many characters.
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