The Overstory

Summary

Across nine intertwined character arcs that gradually converge into a single ecological reckoning, the novel traces the entanglement of human lives with the long, slow life of trees and forests. Powers structures the book like a tree, roots, trunk, crown, seeds, and threads botanical research through narratives of activism, science, and grief. It is a sweeping argument for a more than human imagination at a moment of environmental crisis.