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 ...
Lots of wonderful things in March, I always enjoy your pictures & art too :) I hope April will bring you lots of happiness :) xx
ReplyDeleteVery nice recap and I like that you are so creative. Have a nice week.
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Your month of March had lots of beautiful flowers in it :)
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Ciao Ivana! Molto carino il recap di Marzo, mi sono piaciuti tanto i tuoi disegni. Buona serata!
ReplyDeleteNice recap ! I love your illustrations sweetie :)
ReplyDeleteKreativan mjesec za super kreativnu tebe :) veselim se buducim projektima i lajkam crveni blazer koji ti divno stoji :*
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ReplyDeleteBukvalno sam iste stvari pomislila pre nego što sam videla da ih je Ivana već navela, tako da potpisujem :)
ReplyDeleteMy march was very short...
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Pretty recap, cool post!
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Oh, I love that unfinished drawing which depicts beautiful landscape, it looks wonderful. Hope to see it again when it will be already ready. Your March recap turned out great;)
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Lijepo sastavljen post! Vidim da ti je ožujak bio jako produktivan, samo tako dalje! ;)))
ReplyDeleteBeautiful collection of photos, so many pretty things here.
ReplyDeleteDivne fotke! Zelim ti uspjesan i kreativan april sa puno DIY projekata (njima se posebno veselim) :) x
ReplyDeleteSei carinissima e super creativa tesoro! :D
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March was artsy and fun. So sweet.
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