Nature is my therapy. It really is. The most beautiful, carefree moments of my life, especially as a child are intrinsically connected with nature. Forests, to be more specific, as places of refuge, timeless experiences of being connected with a stronger realm, a different life challenging my everyday limitations.
I don´t have too much time lately to wander days in a row through forests and get to know trees, but as usual, my other lifesaving refuge is hidden in the pages of a book. Reading about nature is just preparing me for the moment when I can start my nature adventures in real life.
Former journalist Jules Acton had the advantage of living close to Sherwood Forest. Her book Oaklore. Adventures in a World of Extraordinary Trees is a global and well researched outlook into the ways in which we are connected every day with nature, from the trees to the birds nesting on their tops. It reveals those ways we forgot they exist, which do play though such an important role in the ecosystem, but equally in the history and cultural myths of a country.
Acton writes with the emphasis of a scientist and the empathy of a human who got to know nature from close by, empathically. It is a book recommended to anyone looking to better understand the secret life of trees, particularly oak trees, but also as an example of quality nature writing.
Rating: 5 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
Thanks for the blog tour support x
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