The Island of Missing Trees: A Novel
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A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
Winner of the 2022 BookTube Silver Medal in Fiction * Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
"A wise novel of love and grief, roots and branches, displacement and home, faith and belief. Balm for our bruised times." -David Mitchell, author of Utopia Avenue
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April 2024 pick & meeting hosted by Sarah. Fascinating biological facts woven into the story, which prompts you to think about plants and animals as intellectual beings. Thoughtful prompts to reconsider heritage/ancestors/traditions and their impact on future generations and generational trauma. The book started a bit slow, the fig storyline took a minute to get into and some folks wanted more character development.
This book reminds me of dark chocolate; bittersweet. It was full of sweet moments and then there was the bittersweet moments of war and pain.
Following the chapters of the book, it feels like young Ada is the main character but it is the fig tree. The way the author followed the history of the species, the anatomy of the tree and the way it all surrounded the family was beautiful. I found this book a joy to read and follow the voice given to the fig tree.
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