If an author really knows where to look there is no shortage of stories to be told. Or rather there are the seven original stories and a near infinite ways to retell them. On almost surprising source of material this author has found is of all things a plant book. Pojar and Mackinnon got together to list out the plants native to one of the wettest temperate areas of the globe but ended up doing more than than. They reached into the culture and revealed not only what the plants were used for but what they meant to the people who relied on them. There are stories in the book of vengeful husbands and various trees scrambling to collect the melted Pitch who was too slow returning from the beach. Sitting down and flipping through the pages of this book is a fun and possibly inspiring read.
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