![]() ![]() This is a book about hope and new possibilities, while understanding some of our planet’s oldest secrets. That said, there isn’t the overarching doom narrative of a lot of nature conservation messaging, more a sense of awe regarding how little we know and have the potential to uncover. I read it with the sense that Sheldrake was using his extensive knowledge and research into fungi to campaign for a better appreciation before it is too late. It’s the kind of book fungi have been waiting for to tell their stories, as the meme below so totes hilariously illustrates: ![]() You get the impression that Sheldrake could write books for the rest of his days focusing on one of the themes chaptered each time, such is the depth of each subject. Recently I have had a bit more of that required mental space, after a year of being swamped. This includes people new to the study of fungi and those who are more experienced. The reviews have also been almost universally positive, from a broad cross section of readers. Alas, I couldn’t find the mental space to take it all in. I knew it was going to be an excellent book that contains huge amounts of fascinating info about the fungal kingdom because I’d read the first 50 pages. It almost certainly has fungal spores on it, probably mould. ![]() Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life has been sitting on my bookshelf for well over a year. ![]()
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