Glad you are through the surgery. I hope that the recovery goes smoothly and evenly.  And don't get hooked on hydrocodone!

I love "The Hidden Life of Trees"!  It's scientifically accurate, too.  (I have lots of books on trees. I love trees, especially big trees, both species like Doug fir and Sequoia but grand champions, too--the larch in Seeley Lake MT, the Sitka Spruce in Oregon--since blown down in a storm, the bald cypress in southern Illinois....  Do you know Thomas Pakenham's books on tree species?  A delight!  He's a forester and a historian.  Also "Oak: The Frame of Civilization").

 You want to read about a woman on the hero's journey?  Read Barbara Kingsolver's "The Bean Trees."  

  Hope every day brings you closer to recovery!