"The Grandmother Who Wanted to Become a Tree" is a book filled with novellas about family, feelings, and strange dreams. Author Masha Traub blends tragic and comic moments, telling about people who are like us. She shows how important it is to have loved ones who will support and listen to us, despite all our oddities. In these stories, surprising events happen that seem unbelievable—yet in reality they reflect ordinary life in all its variety and amazing twists.