num_pages: 200
description: In sixteen essays each named after a species of tree Maureen Dunphy explores the nature of human-arboreal relationships and how each of these trees has-literally-served as a friend a confidante or a place to rest. The depth and diversity of these relationships are revealed through essays that are both intimate and universal moving and informative. While Dunphy's relationships with trees are unique and personal her work reveals the deep-rooted complexity that connects all of humanity to our staunch upright companions in life the members of the Standing Nation. Beyond providing oxygen food and shelter trees can be sites of emotional refuge sources of intellectual enrichment and a boon to physical mental and spiritual health.With essays such as Stairway to The American Sycamore and Rocky Mountain The Colorado Pinyon Dunphy gives readers many ways to reimagine our relationships with nature and self. Within reflections of her personal experience she skillfully integrates scientific facts to achieve a balance of passion and practicality. While technology screens and the stress of the modern world directs our attention elsewhere Dunphy brings the reader back to the trees right outside our windows.Divining is printed on recycled paper.
language: English
title: Divining, A Memoir in Trees
publisher: Wayne State University Press