THE ISLAND OF THE MISSING TREES BY ELIF SHAFAK (BOOK REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION)
Today I shall review The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak. I was actually gifted this book. What a wonderful present it proved to be! Published in 2021, this postmodern novel follows two story lines and uses framed narration. The Island of Missing Trees tells the life story of a Greek Turkish couple and their adolescent daughter. This novel examines and explores a number of topics such as identity, migration, immigrant life, war trauma, memory, love and family. It's an ambitious novel that examines serious topics with due respect and sensitivity . I read it months ago, but I remember it vividly. Honestly, I cried a lot while reading this novel. It really moved me greatly. In fact, that is probably why it took me this long to finish this book review. I needed to emotionally process the story. The Island of Missing Trees is set in London and Cyprus. The narration isn't chronological . The story jumps back and forth, following two main timelines, one set in moder
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In my opinion, dear Ivana, the Italian people have a really good sense for fashion and your interesting pictures are a proof for me, again. I remember when I was in vacation in Italy in the past I had always the feeling that I´m absolutely out of fashion and ugly ;)
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Ciao ivana, che belle foto, la prima mi piace in modo particolare ma anche le altre perchè fanno parte della vita vera delle persone che non si sono vestite per mettersi in mostra. Brava! Caterina www.imieioutfit.blogspot.com
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