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FordB次元官网网址檚 latest book, Lonely Doug, is about a 70-metre-tall Douglas fir tree standing in the middle of a clear-cut area outside of Port Renfrew. Ford said its trunk is as wide as a living room and the tree is estimated to be more than 1,000 years old.
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Ford said the story touches on B.C.B次元官网网址檚 old-growth forests as well as the idea that B次元官网网址渏ust because you stand alone, [it] doesnB次元官网网址檛 mean youB次元官网网址檙e lonely.B次元官网网址� Ford said she was partly inspired by the increased isolation that people have been living through during the COVID-19 pandemic. She said DougB次元官网网址檚 experience has been similar.
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The book also ties in with the others in FordB次元官网网址檚 Awkward and Awesome series. The woman who inspired the character from The Granny That Never Got Old has been attending the Fairy Creek logging protests and that moved from Nanoose Bay to Saanich, another subject of hers, also makes an appearance.
Ford said releasing her 10th book is an important accomplishment and sheB次元官网网址檚 unsure where her writing will take her next.
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