Greenwood by Michael Christie
Greenwood is at once a classic epic saga of four generations and a peek into a dystopian future. Michael Christie shows a cross-section of one family’s history, revealing their dark secrets, loves, losses, and the mark of an accident still visible four generations later. Year by year, page by page, the layers of this intricate and elegant novel build into an epic story that is completely absorbing.
- Last updated: September 8, 2023
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"A magnificent novel of inheritance, sacrifice, nature and love"
Times Columnist. “We are already living a minor dystopia, in that the effects of a changing climate are everywhere,”
"Greenwood (Christie) - Discussion Questions"
Author's Website. "AUTHOR OF GREENWOOD AND OTHER WORKS OF FICTION"
CBC. "Greenwood won best novel at the 2020 Arthur Ellis Awards, an annual event that celebrates Canadian crime writing across several categories."
"B.C. writer Michael Christie uses the ringed cross-section of a tree as an organizing principle and structure."
"Ecological catastophe has led to the destruction of trees … a bleak vision of the future with Steinbeckian cadences"
"‘Greenwood’ Offers a Compelling, Sprawling Tale of Forests and Family"