pstrongMesmerizing, world-expanding, and achingly beautiful. - Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of emAn Immense World emandem I Contain MultitudesemstrongppstrongAward-winning environment and science reporter Zo Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popular science that probes the hidden world of the plant kingdom and reveals the astonishing capabilities of the green life all around us.strongppIt takes tremendous biological creativity to be a plant. To survive and thrive while rooted in a single spot, plants have adapted ingenious methods of survival. In recent years, scientists have learned about their ability to communicate, recognize their kin and behave socially, hear sounds, morph their bodies to blend into their surroundings, store useful memories that inform their life cycle, and trick animals into behaving to their benefit, to name just a few remarkable talents.ppem The Light Eatersem is a deep immersion into the drama of green life and the complexity of this wild a