THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A scientific memoir as gripping as any HBO drama series' Kate Kellaway; Observer A dazzling scientific detective story from the ecologist who first discovered the hidden language of trees No one has done more to transform our understanding of trees than the world-renowned scientist Suzanne Simard. Now she shares the secrets of a lifetime spent uncovering startling truths about trees: their cooperation; healing capacity; memory; wisdom and sentience. Raised in the forests of British Columbia; where her family has lived for generations; Professor Simard did not set out to be a scientist. She was working in the forest service when she first discovered how trees communicate underground through an immense web of fungi; at the centre of which lie the Mother Trees: the mysterious; powerful entities that nurture their kin and sustain the forest. Though her ground-breaking findings were initially dismissed and even ridiculed; they are now firmly supported by the data. As her remarkable journey shows us; science is not a realm apart from ordinary life; but deeply connected with our humanity. In Finding the Mother Tree; she reveals how the complex cycle of forest life - on which we rely for our existence - offers profound lessons about resilience and kinship; and must be preserved before it's too late.