Intersecting and interwoven rings of a story, much like the lives of trees, and the ecosystems they form a part of and support, feedback upon and form one another. Power's novel is a beautiful evocation of how people begin to see the world in another way - and the effects of this different type of vision. Barbara Kingsolver called it a 'fable' and she is right. It could serve as a fable for people moving into a different type of relationship with a world that is older than our own. It is not perfect. But it is an important voice for thinking about the world and our affect on it. Something to return to again and again. A motivating story for another way of being.
