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
Ciao IVana, sono carinissimi entrambi, specie il primo!:)
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Dear Ivana, as usual I like this illustrations and I can really imagine to wear both looks! The first one for work and the second attracted my attention escpecially caused by the pink fur - because I´m such a huge pink lover!
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Looks like sketching has been your main hobby lately)) I wish I could find time for that too!!
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Oooh, nice illustrations, i really like the second one with the fab pink coat!
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You are soooooooooooooo clever, Ivana.
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This is fabulous and incredible.
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Adoring the second one!
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so lovely that you have a faux fur coat. I think they're just fabulous:)
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great post dear! I like this.
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The pink coat and long skirt are my favourite, xoxo.
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