What if the trees could tell us secrets that could save our future?
Generation 8 is a tale inspired by a rare Black Poplar tree. It is a story of a small rural parish, the wildlife, the people, the community, the land. An exploration of lost connections over the passage of seven generations. An attempt to regain a sense of place and belonging. An imagined future more attuned to the world around us – a future in which the next generation – Generation 8 – might thrive.
Heather Comina
A metaphor for hope and possibility…
Lilly’s life is turned upside down when the global pandemic hits. In one sweep, she loses her job as an airline steward and is forced to move to rural Oxfordshire and live on her grandparents’ farm. From flying high to living low, she spends her days trying to forget and her nights haunted by dark dreams where old Ma Hakka leads her to the depths of despair. Her first thought is to keep the strangely disturbing nightmares to herself, but as they mount, the desire to share is overwhelming.
During a group therapy session, she discovers that she is not the only one to experience such dreams. With the help of her newfound ally, Margaret, Lilly uncovers a series of dream accounts spanning seven generations which ultimately reveals the source of her dream – the Signal Tree. As her understanding of local history unfolds and her knowledge of how trees cast old lessons within the patterns of their wood, she is able to experience things through a new, longer-term, tree perspective.
Can this new knowledge help her to re-learn the ancestral ways and, together with family and friends, create a path to a better future for the next generation – Generation 8?
Generation 8
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What people are saying…
An absolute joy to read, Generation 8 is a feel good, insightful wisdom story that anyone who has embarked on their own inner development journey can relate to… This is the story we are all looking for in our own lives – to become one with the universal beingness of nature by loving ourselves again. Well done Heather Comina!
Alison Ensor – Matador review
This was such a pleasure to read. It is a mixture of reality and fantasy and I feel I have been on a journey of self discovery...
Helen Cooke – Amazon review
I love this book and I found myself excited enough that I wanted to become part of the story…
Kate Smith – Amazon review
…Generation 8 is a metaphor for hope and possibility once we open our eyes to the myriad ways for humans to connect with nature and to think long term in the interests of future generations. … And it’s a really good story, with lively, sympathetic characters who you will remember long after you’ve put the book down. Read it!
Jane Davidson, author of ‘#Futuregen: Lessons from a Small Country’, Chelsea Green 2020
…As a more mature reader I particularly appreciated the wisdom, enthusiasm and energy of the various older characters in the story. Generation 8 leaves the reader with a new perspective and a positive and uplifting message about creating opportunities to help the environment…
Lynn Nickerson – Troubador review
Excellent book. A positive story of support friendship, hope and community spirit through tough times…
Veronica Paget – Troubador review
Heather Comina 