The Island of Missing Trees
A Novel
Elif Shafak
This magical novel explores themes of belonging, identity, love, trauma, nature, and renewal. Set in Cyprus, the story follows two teenagers from opposite sides of the island as they fall in love amidst the chaos of war. Decades later, a botanist returns to the island in search of lost love and discovers a fig tree that connects him to his past. In London, a woman finds a Ficus carica tree in her garden and uncovers her family's troubled history. Wrapped in themes of division and eco-consciousness, The Island of Missing Trees is Elif Shafak's best work yet.
Publish Date
2021-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
2021-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.16
ISBN
9781635578591
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2021-07-15T19:26:47.000Z
📚 Some late evening sunshine gives me a moment to recommend two outstanding, albeit very different, books that I’ve been fortunate to read advance copies of - written by women I admire hugely @valmcdermid and @Elif_Safak – source