Category:  Inspirational Publisher: O Books Copyright: June 2006 The story of a 300 year old tree, from the tree's persepctive. Encompasses a murder mystery and a thread of reincarnation

The Tree That Talked
The Tree That Talked is the story of the life of one oak tree grown from an
acorn. We learn of its struggle to survive, its strength and vulnerability,
and all it witnesses beneath its boughs. It is also a riveting tale of
murder and intrigue, told with compassion for every character who passes by
the plot of land where the tree grows, as the terrain changes from sacred
grove to housing development. Jenny Smedley is a seamless storyteller. Set
in the historical context of industrial revolution and development, with a
root in nature and ecology, she interweaves a tendril of druidic paganism to
explain the spiritual and earthy cycle of life and death, release and
renewal. Engaging, redemptive, earthy and spiritually aware, this
deceptively simple book opens the mind to the limitless cycle of life.

Carolyn Burdet, editor Kindred Spirit