Every day we hear about and experience griefs large and small in our families friendships communities and worldwide The grief of a loved one passing The grief of a way of life ceasing to exist The grief of global pandemic war climate collapse In The Snag the acclaimed author of Shame On Me Tessa McWatt takes on personal and collective grief and climate change in her much anticipated second nonfiction book As her mother s dementia advances and it becomes apparent that she can no longer live independently Tessa considers griefs personal and political and finds solace in trees She asks How do we grieve And What can we learn from nature and those whose communities are rooted in nature about how to grieve and how to live From the newest seedling to the oldest snag in the forest there is meaning to be found in every stage of a tree s life all of which contribute to a thriving forest community it is in this metaphor that Tessa begins to find answers to her questions about how to live for each other how to grieve radically and how to die with love and connection The Snag is an essential book about living and dancing and singing and praying even in the face of unimaginable sadness and in this way growing together and supporting one anot
