Greenwood Italian Edition

Jacinda "Jake" Greenwood works as a naturalist guide, leading wealthy eco-tourists through the lush forests of an island in British Columbia, which curiously – a coincidence? – bears her name. One day, Jake, who has no roots or family background, comes into possession of her grandmother's diary, an unexpected aid that allows her to piece together her past. Like circling the circumference of a centuries-old tree, one ring after another, she is finally able to move through the time that has been, the years that have accumulated like wood: layer upon layer. Reading those pages, Jake realizes that even her existence rests on invisible layers, enclosed in the lives of those who came before her, in the series of crimes and miracles, coincidences and choices that led to her: each layer is the consequence of another, just as every success and disaster are preserved forever.

As she retraces the steps of the past century, she will discover that what unites all the members of the Greenwood dynasty since the distant 1908 – when the family took root following a head-on collision between two trains – is the forest itself. With their silent pulsing, the trees offer shelter, but also conceal crimes, extreme decisions, sacrifices, and mistakes. Imposing, compelling, and brilliantly structured like the concentric rings of a tree trunk, "The Greenwoods" portrays the web of lies, omissions, and half-truths that mark the origins of every family, a tangle of secrets and betrayals that spans four generations united in the destiny of Canada's forests.

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