An Amazon Best Book of March It is difficult not to fall for Michael Christie’s Greenwood, a multi-generational saga that is also a page turner. Beginning in , after an event called “the Withering” has taken most old-growth forests, we meet Jacinda “Jake” Greenwood, who is working as a forest guide on a remote wooded island off the coast of British Columbia/5(). "A compelling, sprawling tale of forests and family. Michael Christie's novel is much more than a story of environmental apocalypse. Whatever is really like when it arrives, Canadians and others will still be reading Greenwood for its high energy, its memorable characters and . · Greenwood, his most was released in September A bestseller in Canada, it has been nominated for numerous awards. A former carpenter and homeless shelter worker, he divides his time between Victoria, Br. MICHAEL CHRISTIE is the award-winning author of the novel If I Fall, If I Die, which was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Kirkus Prize, was selected as a New York /5.
11 thoughts on " Book Review: Greenwood by Michael Christie " kimlock. at am Superb review! I'm adding this one. These days I admit I can be hesitant about picking up eco lit, simply because it can make me feel a little despairing, but the structure and scope of this sounds wonderful. Thank you! xo. Greenwood, by Michael Christie, is historical, speculative piece of climate fiction wrapped up in four generations and pages. Christie's book starts and ends in with Jacinda Greenwood—she goes by Jake—a hopeful biologist-turned-alcoholic tour guide on one of the last remaining nature preserves in the world. Christie's rugged, riveting novel (after If I Fall, If I Die) entwines a family's rising and falling fortunes with Canada's dwindling old-growth forests. In a frightening, nearly treeless , year-old dendrologist Jacinda "Jake" Greenwood guides tourists on a British Columbia island where a rare forest withstood the global environmental.
Greenwood by Michael Christie. 04/02/ At first glance, Michael Christie’s Greenwood appears to be yet another environmental dystopia. Opening on a group of environmental tourists in being shown some of the last of the world’s great trees on an island off the west coast of Canada. And while these is a deep strain of environmentalism in Greenwood, it is at its heart a family saga. "Ingeniously structured and with prose as smooth as beech bark, Michael Christie's Greenwood is as compulsive as it is profound. A sweeping intergenerational saga that explores trees and their roots—from the precious evergreens that become commodities in the entertainment business of the future to the intricately tangled trees of family—all of it is dazzlingly delivered in a framework inspired by the actual growth rings of a tree. "A compelling, sprawling tale of forests and family. Michael Christie's novel is much more than a story of environmental apocalypse. Whatever is really like when it arrives, Canadians and others will still be reading Greenwood for its high energy, its memorable characters and its anguished love for the forests." – The Tyee.
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