I’m reading a densely written, absolutely beautiful book – Overstory by Richard Powers – an important, environmentally sensitive novel for our times.
The book’s botanically spot on. I’ve just come across a few special lines which I thought would look pretty good in your newspaper.
‘You and the tree in your backyard come from a common ancestor. A billion and a half years ago, the two of you parted ways.
‘But even now, after an immense journey in separate directions, that tree and you still share a quarter of your genes.’
Hannah Grace, Ocean Shores
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
