Trees — Sam Smith

This is what these people said of Trees. Jos Mister said, “One of my favourite reads of the lockdown - and I’ve been reading a lot! Trees is a great story but interspersed with information about native tree species. Gripping from start to finish.”While Emma Lee said in Blue Nib, “...Ultimately ‘Trees’ is an exploration of family and how individuals cast out from their birth family find their sense of belonging, their purpose. A forest holds many species of trees with specific roles: the lower level rely on the upper levels for shade, the spacing allows each their required access to nutrients in the soil, flowering shrubs attract pollinators, but, within this structure, each plant is enabled to become and grow individually...”Richard Szwejkowski: “Definitely a good read. 'Trees' uses a very personal perspective to shed light on how relationships start, grow and change as the realities of the world intrude, and how in turn we can change the world. Although the lives of the characters are the central driver of the story, trees are important to all of their lives in different ways, in turn illustrating how trees are essential to all life.”