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City of Trees
Published 14 January 2020
ISBN 9781922268846
Format Paperback
Extent 320pp
AU Price $19.99
NZ Price $24.00

City of Trees

Essays on Life, Death and the Need for a Forest

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Paperback
14 Jan 2020
EBook
2 Apr 2019
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A rich and insightful collection of personal essays about life, death and our connection to the environment from bestselling Australian author Sophie Cunningham now available in a new format edition.

How do we take in the beauty of our planet while processing the losses? What trees can survive in the city? Which animals can survive in the wild? How do any of us—humans, animals, trees—find a forest we can call home?

In these moving, thought-provoking essays Sophie Cunningham considers the meaning of trees and our love of them. She chronicles the deaths of both her fathers, and the survival of P-22, a mountain lion in Griffith Park, Los Angeles; contemplates the loneliness of Ranee, the first elephant in Australia; celebrates the iconic eucalyptus and explores its international status as an invasive species.

City of Trees is a powerful collection of nature, travel and memoir writing set in the context of global climate change. It meanders through, circles around and sometimes faces head on the most pressing issues of the day. It never loses sight of the trees.
Published 14 January 2020
ISBN 9781922268846
Format Paperback
Extent 320pp
AU Price $19.99
NZ Price $24.00

About the author

Sophie Cunningham

Sophie Cunningham worked in publishing for fifteen years. She now works as a writer and journalist and has been a television columnist for The Age since July 2002. Her first novel, Geography, was published in 2004 by The Text Publishing Company.
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