The Island of Missing Trees: A Novel

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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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I read this borrowed book then friends after me read it. We all thought the same, weird start, but absolutely intriguing story a few chapters in. Historically based, I learnt about a period I previously did not know about. Would recommend.
I had read a book by this author a long time ago and had forgotten about her. While browsing the library I came across this book. So very glad I did.
This book is so well written, I loved the humanization of trees and insects which Shafak described so well.
The narrators were superb. The accents and differing voices in the narration were superb.
There is so much of richness, love and beauty in this book. It’s about relationships, war, love, botany, science, painful history. Cultural and generational division is the main theme of this book. I totally now have a different appreciation of fig trees.
This book will remain with me for a long time. Don’t miss reading this book!
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