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.