Ripple: An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between An Ecologist Dad and His Daughter

Ripple: An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between An Ecologist and His Daughter is a narrative of letters written by an ecologist dad to his daughter upon her coming-of-age. Drawing upon his personal history, family anecdotes, and shared memories, Powers envisions a path for humanity’ s reintegration with nature, and a chance to save the life force that runs through all of us.

A story of separation has long gripped the human race: that people are separate— with more advanced habitats,...