If trees could talk, they’d have so much to
tell: The story of two broken hearts, that stolen first kiss, those last words
of a mother to her son, endless cups of tea and never-ending chatter, of
nostalgia, an act of brutality and a tale of passion. In this collection of
short stories, The Trees Told Me So, Purva Grover draws a beautiful and
poignant picture of love, life and loss, with an honest voice. And the common
thread running through the stories is that nature (Read: A tree) stands witness
like an old soul—full of wisdom and compassion. A silent observer, a keeper of
secrets, yet the tree is always an integral part of the character’s very being
