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  • The Bleeding Tree

  • A Pathway Through Grief Guided by Forests, Folk Tales and the Ritual Year
  • By: Hollie Starling
  • Narrated by: Adele Marie
  • Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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The Bleeding Tree

By: Hollie Starling
Narrated by: Adele Marie
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It was the last of the ebbing days, the brink of the new season. It was the murky hours, the clove between sunset and sunrise. It was a tall tree with deep roots and it had been bleeding for a long while.

As summer falls into autumn, Hollie Starling is hit by the heart-stopping news that her father has died by suicide. Thrust into a state of 'grief on hard mode', Hollie feels underserved by current attitudes toward grief and so seeks another way through the dark.

Following her first year without her father, Hollie embraces her lifelong interest in folklore and turns to the healing power of nature, the changing seasons and the rituals of ancient communities. The Bleeding Tree is an unflinching year-zero guidebook to grief that shows us that by looking back to past traditions of bereavement we can all find our own way forward.

©2023 Hollie Starling (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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Moving, warm & human

A very moving personal account, with some wonderful myths, stories and theoretical perspectives. Human, warm & sad. I had to read it in multiple sittings with breaks between as it spanned losses in my own life. Thought provoking and interesting.

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