Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants YA Artúr receives a mysterious summons

Artúr receives a mysterious summons from his father in Dalriada

he is alone

and a conviction in her own divine visions

A woman turning 65 ends up with one of her hiking boots in the grave as she embarks on a Quest to complete five miles in all 50 Wisconsin State Parks in one year

she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants YA Artúr receives a mysterious summonsA New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Bestseller A Los Angeles Times Bestseller Named a "Best Essay Collection of the Decade" by Literary Hub A Book Riot "Favorite Summer Read of 2020" A Food Tank Fall 2020 Reading Recommendation Updated with a new introduction from Robin Wall Kimmerer, the special edition of Braiding Sweetgrass, reissued in honor of the fortieth anniversary of Milkweed Editions, celebrates the book as an object of meaning