FINDING THE MOTHER TREE

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A scientific memoir as gripping as any HBO drama series Kate Kellaway ObserverA dazzling scientific detective story from the ecologist who first discovered the hidden language of trees No one has done more to transform our understanding of trees than the world renowned scientist Suzanne Simard Now she shares the secrets of a lifetime spent uncovering startling truths about trees their cooperation healing capacity memory wisdom and sentience Raised in the forests of British Columbia where her family has lived for generations Professor Simard did not set out to be a scientist She was working in the forest service when she first discovered how trees communicate underground through an immense web of fungi at the centre of which lie the Mother Trees the mysterious powerful entities that nurture their kin and sustain the forest Though her ground breaking findings were initially dismissed and even ridiculed they are now firmly supported by the data As her remarkable journey shows us science is not a realm apart from ordinary life but deeply connected with our humanity In Finding the Mother Tree she reveals how the complex cycle of forest life on which we rely for our existence offers profound lessons about resilience and