Becoming Forest: A Story of Deep Belonging

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Becoming Forest openswith Aishling—the young Irish woman at the heart of this story—as she visitsher grandmother in California following her grandfather’s death. Aishling findsher grandfather’s journal and reads about a trip he made to India years ago tovisit the original Bodhi Tree, the place where the Buddha found enlightenment. At the end of the journal, she finds a letter addressed toher from her grandfather asking for her help passing along his message of “deepsecurity” to her generation as they deal with the climate crisis and theuncertain future ahead. Aishling goes to India to follow in her grandfather’spath to find a way of responding to his request. There she meets and falls inlove with a young Buddhist monk, who is also on a quest. As they walk together alongthe roads of India, they gather unexpected and invaluable insights from eachother and come closer to the answers they both seek. Thirty years later, Aishling’s daughter Tara isvisiting her in Ireland. Tara is grieving the death of her father and also thedestruction of the forests from drought and fire. She is also searching for a wayto heal the burnout she and her friends are experiencing while working tocombat climate change. Becoming Forestweaves together threads of Native American and Celtic spirituality withBuddhist understanding and connection to the natural world, creating a tapestrywhich holds both the despair and awakening of Aishling

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-11-16
Mått140 x 203 x 23 mm
Vikt400 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAll Night Books
Antal sidor248
FörlagEaston Studio Press
IllustratörTess Leak
ISBN9781632261045

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Michael Kearney has worked as a palliative care and hospicephysician for forty years, sitting at the bedsides of people who are seriouslyill and dying. He has published three books, Mortally Wounded: Storiesof Soul Pain, Death, and Healing, which was a bestseller in Ireland; APlace of Healing: Working with Nature and Soul at the End of Life; and TheNest in the Stream, a nature-based spiritual memoir. Becoming Forest is his first novel.Michael Kearney lives in Santa Barbara, California, with hiswife, Radhule, and their four-legged friends Lucy and Kitty. Tess Leak made the drawings for Becoming Forest. She is an artist and musician living and working in West Cork, Ireland. She is a graduate of both the BA in Visual Art on Sherkin Island and The Curious School of Puppetry in London, cocurator of the Museum of Song project, and a cellist with The Vespertine Quintet. She is part of the Irish Hospice Foundation's Compassionate Culture Network and works with groups in hospitals and community settings on projects incorporating music, nature, conversation, and poetry.

DedicationForeword 2021Chapter 1: ForestChapter 2: The GiftChapter 3: TheBuddha and The Bodhi TreeChapter 4: AConversation with GretaChapter 5: Muir Woods 2023Chapter 6: BodhgayaChapter 7: TheBodhi TreeChapter 8: DorjeChapter 9: On theRoadChapter 10: Underthe Banyan TreeChapter 11: On theRoad AgainChapter 12: VulturePeak 2053Chapter 13: ForestChapter 14:HeadlandChapter 15: Back atthe CottageChapter 16: FullMoon

“Becoming Forest isa bold, imaginative tale that serves as a handbook for psychological andspiritual resilience in the face of imminent climate collapse. It is a movingvision for new ways of dwelling on the earth. Combining Michael Kearney’sprofessional experience as a palliative care doctor and his Irish culturalbackground as a lover of nature and all living things, he invites us to embracethe wisdom of the forest. This engaging and timely work is a must for allreaders committed to radical environmental change.”—MaryRobinson, 7th President of Ireland, former UNHigh Commissioner of Human Rights and former UN Secretary-General’sSpecial Envoy on Climate Change, founder of theMary Robinson Foundation-Climate Justice, and author Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for aSustainable Future