The Overstory

“This is a really lovely book, largely about trees. Wouldn’t endorse the whole worldview, but I loved the book anyway.”

““An immense and intense homage to the arboreal world (its biological sophistication, its rich panoply of environmental benefits), the book is alive with riveting data, cogent reasoning and urgent argument. Pages that take you into menaced remnants of primeval forest or contemplate singularly splendid or fascinating trees teem with knowledge and gleam with aesthetic appeal.””

“Everyone should read this book!World expanding and beautiful.”

“I read this book in the depths of covid after my actor friends who loved trees recommended it to me. I grew up near one of the last remaining American chestnuts so this was very meaningful to me… this entire book changed my view of the world. I always think of this quote from Mildred Bliss: “…gardens have their place in the Humanist order of life; and, that trees are noble elements to be protected by successive generations and not destroyed.””

“Immersive, engaging, informative, and deeply moving; this is a book that stays with you. I re-read it every couple of years and discover something new every time.”

“Sow what you reap”

“An incredible book, that some how marries many separate narratives into one glorious one. Utterly beautiful tender and thoughtful.”

“Lush, lovely writing and a truly unique viewpoint on nature and our place in this world. You'll look at trees differently after this.”

“Absolutely brilliant ecological interwoven story. "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 a world alongside ours—vast, slow, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive, and almost invisible to us. This is the story of a handful of people who learn how to see that world and who are drawn up into its unfolding catastrophe." Masterful in every way. Wait until you're ready to dedicate enough brain-power.”