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
Like I see you are prepare for a Xmass. That looks really yummy. xa
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These look similar to the 'moon' biscuits we make every Christmas - using my Czech grandmother's recipe. Do yours have ground almond in them? They taste so good when they are still warm and have just been dipped in icing sugar. Happy baking. And thank you for your recent very thoughtful comments - I really appreciate them. I hope you enjoy a wonderful Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI never really follow recipes, I always improvise...with varying results (sometimes catastrophic, sometimes good) but at least it makes the baking process interesting. I didn't put any almond in these ones, but that's a good idea... Traditionally we do put ground almond in many cakes.
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so nice and cut!
ReplyDeleteI´m sure dear Ivana, that your cakes are really yummy! And interesting that you always improvise, this is what I mostly do when I cook :) To be honest I´m too lazy at the moment for baking ;)
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ReplyDeleteSo precious, they look lovely and yummy!! I hope you get all your baking done, I haven't even started, haha :) So behind. xx
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ReplyDeleteBaš tako! :) A treba i sve to pojesti, što nije problem :D Mnogo slatko :)
ReplyDeleteThese look yummy! My mum and sister made cookies yesterday which I´m eating right now xD
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I love baking cookies too, but unfortunately in my family no one likes to eat my bakery:( Your cookies look tasty, probably you can share a recipe next time:)
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