{"product_id":"the-island-of-missing-trees-9781635578591","title":"The Island of Missing Trees","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wise novel of love and grief, roots and branches, displacement and home, faith and belief. Balm for our bruised times. -David Mitchell, author of \u003ci\u003eUtopia Avenue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich, magical new novel \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e on belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature and renewal, from the Booker-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003e10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic, chili peppers and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. A fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roof, and this tree bears witness to their hushed, happy meetings and eventually, to their silent, surreptitious departures. The tree is there when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, and when the teenagers vanish. Decades later, Kostas returns. He is a botanist looking for native species, but really, he's searching for lost love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears later a Ficus carica grows in the back garden of a house in London where Ada Kazantzakis lives. This tree is her only connection to an island she has never visited--- her only connection to her family's troubled history and her complex identity as she seeks to untangle years of secrets to find her place in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA moving, beautifully written, and delicately constructed story of love, division, transcendence, history, and eco-consciousness, \u003ci\u003e The Island of Missing Trees\u003c\/i\u003e is Elif Shafak's best work yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635578591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2021 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2021 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Elif Shafak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41187425419445,"sku":"9781635578591","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9e38d50e-ad08-4b51-ad0c-6144900b21e8.jpg?v=1633437640","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-island-of-missing-trees-9781635578591","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}