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The Legacy of Luna
The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods | Julia Butterfly Hill
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Cosmos_Moon
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Amazing story of a young woman and a tree. Julia Butterfly spent more than 700 days in Luna to save it from the logging industry. She peacefully fought big business and violent loggers at times. Over her time in Luna, she had visits from celebrities building publicity to the tree. Some of her colleagues in protest lost their lives, while Julia stayed in the tree as long as it took, until it was guaranteed it would not be cut.

Scochrane26 I‘ve had this book for many years but haven‘t reread in so long. Thought it had been forgotten! My roommate at the time read it for a class & told me to read it. I sometimes wonder if the tree is still standing & what she‘s doing now. (edited) 2mo
Cosmos_Moon @Scochrane26 I wondered when I was reading this so had to do some googling… she is still an activist and Luna is still there! She has not done another 2 year tree sit, though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_(tree)#:~:text=Luna%20is.... (edited) 2mo
Scochrane26 @Cosmos_Moon Thanks for the info! 2mo
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everlocalwest
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I have had this book in my collection for ages and in my recent reading slump something drew me to it. This memoir by an environmental activist was a perfect slump buster, the fascinating story and conversational tone kept me invested. Hill lived on a small platform 200ft up in an ancient redwood for 2 years to protest deforestation. Full of hope and compassion even as she is met with greed, cruelty, ignorance, and indifference. An inspiring read.

RaeLovesToRead Hello kitty 🥰🥰🥰 1y
Graywacke Book and story sound terrific. And yay for getting out of a reading slump. Also your cute kitty looks a little tired. 🙂 1y
everlocalwest @Graywacke definitely worth the read! And yes, Lil' Bit has a cold and is in need of all the snuggles. He's sleepy, congested, and always ready to sneeze right in my face. 🙃 1y
everlocalwest @RaeLovesToRead He's a most perfect reading buddy. 💙😺 1y
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jb72
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#MakeMeReadIt #July2019
Here is my July #makemereadit stack of books. Which ones should I read? Vote and let me know.
If Walls Could Talk
Practical Magic
The Legacy of Luna
Me and the Pumpkin Queen
Suspicious Minds

MySharonaK I never read the book but I loved the practical magic movie 🧙‍♀️ 5y
jb72 @MySharonaK same for me. I‘ve seen the movie and it‘s fun. I‘m guessing the book is even better. 5y
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TheNerdyProfessor I vote for Practical Magic! 5y
TheSpineView I would choose Practical Magic. 5y
BeansPage I'm going to go with 5y
AkashaVampie I'm with everyone else... never read the book but loved the movie Practical Magic 5y
LibrarianRyan I vote for Stranger Things. 5y
Crazeedi The only one I've read is this, it was good 5y
kindergartenkat Stranger Things 5y
wanderinglynn I‘m a big fan of Juliet Blackwell. 👍🏻👍🏻 I liked Practical Magic, but it wasn‘t a fave. The other 3 I haven‘t read. 5y
Soubhiville Stranger things! 5y
jb72 @wanderinglynn I love her Witchcraft Mystery series. I need to get on the ball and read more of her books for sure. 5y
wanderinglynn @jb72 Then you should like her Haunted Home renovation series too. Mel is a fun character. 👍🏻 5y
JaclynW I haven't read any of these! Practical Magic is on my list, so I will vote for you to read that. 🙂🧙‍♀️ 5y
BookNAround I haven‘t read any of these so I played eenie meenie minie more and came up with Strangers Things. 5y
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morgan_lionheart
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I read this because one of the characters in Overstory is based on Julia Hill. I normally don't like memoirs, and wasn't particularly expecting to enjoy this one, but I actually really enjoyed it. Hill is very inspiring.

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LaurenAdeline
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I didn't know that only 3% of redwood forest remains or that redwoods are older than human civilization.

No treehouse vacation. Julia Butterfly lived in a redwood for two years, standing against corporate greed, death threats, & harassment. She weathered severe storms, frostbite & threats to her food supply. She stood with families displaced by mudslides, with love for humanity & respect to our Earth. A vividly inspiring, courageous journey.

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