OUR WORLD HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF TRANSFORMATION, TRANSITION AND CHANGE. FROM THE BIG BANG TO THE PRESENT DAY, SOLAR ACTIVITY, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, FLOODS AND DROUGHTS HAVE SHAPED NATURAL HISTORY AND THAT OF HUMANKIND. THE WAYS IN WHICH WE HAVE USED, EXPLOITED AND ADAPTED THE EARTH HAS BROUGHT ENORMOUS BENEFITS - BUT HAS OFTEN COME AT A COST. AS WE FACE A PRECARIOUS FUTURE, LEARNING LESSONS FROM THE PAST HAS NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT.
Such an incredibly complex story! I had to buy it because there was a waiting list of 30+ at the local library for this book. Thrilled that I made the purchase
I read this book shortly after I got it and didn't just put it on my TBR shelf mainly because I saw it on Reese Witherspoon's bookclub September read. It was one of the best books I've read this year, and reminded me some of Kristen Hannah's The Great Alone.
