The Great North Wood Nilah Magruder The book is told Candide-style

The book is told Candide-style

there will always be individuals who can craft something beautiful by virtue of their survival

of seizing your identity through what came before you and your effort to connect the lines between yourself and everything else

and let go in this tender look at youth amid upheaval

The Great North Wood Nilah Magruder The book is told Candide-styleBy Tim Bird. Published by Avery Hill Publishing. Softcover, 68 pages, Colour, 2018. Long ago the whole of Southern England was covered in forest. Over time, this woodland has been gradually cut back, but small patches remain amidst the suburban sprawl of South East London. A few ancient oaks still stand in gaps between housing estates, alongside railway lines and acting as boundary markers on roundabouts. The magic that once filled the ancient forest