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
OMG beautiful pictures
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Aww, so cute. "Catch them when they are young" Now i see why :). Love your passion.
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Anche a me piace la raffigurazione della donna Egiziana! E il tuo bel viso é un'opera d'arte!!
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The painting so big and original, I have never done anything like that) Good job, Ivana! It's really impressive;) I'm really inspired by your creative artworks, you always know how to suprise me:)))))))))
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thank you so much Alexandra:)
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DeleteThese are wonderful drawings, I love Egyptians and learning the history since I was a child. These are wonderful. So talented my dear Xxx
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E' un disegno enorme!!! Chissà quanto ci avrai messo per finirlo!
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You make me long to return home to leaf through my old art pads and folders.
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