Our Oaken Bones

An enormously moving and inspiring story about war, trauma, nature and rebirth, written with infectious passion and unsparing honesty. I loved it.—Dominic SandbrookIt is an ecological autobiography… scholarly, wise, funny, charming, terrifying and thrilling, and I adored it all, every page.—Joanna LumleyAn extraordinarily courageous, urgent and powerful book.—Isabella Treedeeply compelling… emotional, informative, pleasurable. I believe that this is an important work with planet-sized dreams and ambitions. Perhaps the greatest philosophy or teachable lesson that came to me off the page is that dominion comes with responsibility.—Russell Crowea beautifully written, people-focused tale with many stories of the healing of troubled human souls brought about by the rainforest’s health-giving powers. I absolutely loved it.—Charles CloverOur Oaken Bones is aching and hopeful in equal measure: from the horrors and trauma of war, to the quiet intimate grieving of a hidden family loss, there are perhaps no greater tests of the healing power of Britain’s lost rainforest habitats.—Gillian BurkeA remarkable story of healing and growth, Our Oaken Bones is a moving and uplifting discourse on the power of nature to revive body and soul. A terrific debut.—Justin MarozziPowerfully enchanting, written with verve and imbued with hope.—Guy ShrubsoleThis is a lovely book – wise, brave, thoughtful, painfully intimate – but with a remarkable spiritual and environmental vision.—Rory Stewart“Both a comfort and an inspiration”—Chloe Dalton, author of “Raising Hare”

Merlin Hanbury-Tenison is a Cornish conservationist and veteran who founded The Thousand Year Trust, Britain’s rainforest charity. The charity’s mission is to catalyse the movement to triple Britain’s rainforest cover to one million acres in the next thirty years. His work has been featured in National Geographic, the Guardian and on the BBC. Merlin lives in a rainforest in Cornwall with his wife Lizzie, an entrepreneur and business advisor, and their two young daughters.

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