{"product_id":"the-harmony-tree-a-story-of-healing-and-community","title":"The Harmony Tree: A Story of Healing and Community","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn The Harmony Tree  an old grandmother oak tree is spared when loggers come through and clear-cut a forest. Grandmother Oak finds herself alone until new houses start showing up on the land  along with new trees. Grandmother Oak tries to make friends with these trees  but they are shallow and focused only on themselves. As Grandmother Oak shares her stories and how she came to have such deep roots  she finds hope and healing. The other trees  seeing the value of Grandmother Oaks history with the land  begin to find strength too.  The inspiration for this story comes from the authors own fifty-acre farm  where all the virgin trees were logged except for a large  white oak tree that sat at the top of a hill. Randy Woodley  says  \"I was always grateful the loggers left that one 300-year-old tree for us to enjoy.\" That and the tragic circumstances that caused the Woodleys to lose their land and farm just because they were Native Americans inspired Randy to write this story. Under such circumstances  Randy wondered  \"How could this one tree bring about healing and friendship in the world? If we can change our minds about our current views of progress  ecology  and the relationship between settler and host peoples  then maybe that one grandmother oak tree  left uncut  offers some hope for everyone.\"...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44949861367861,"sku":"ByrdShop_1460270924","price":90.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781460270929_1f215ef4-1b26-4b1c-bca0-b9ad973abed2.jpg?v=1772676936","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-harmony-tree-a-story-of-healing-and-community","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}