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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Ohhh so beautiful! <3
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Beautiful tribute! These always turn out amazing :)
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What a beautiful illustration! I'm especially in love with the last picture. The shadow gives it such a vibrant feel.
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Sei bravissima Ivana, è stupendo!
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Wow!!! Alexandra is my friend!!! It's so cool!!!!
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Oh, what an amazing, pleasant surprise! Thank you incredibly much my dear Ivana! I'm impressed, touched and flattered at the same time:) I do love the variety of colors you chosen and how the portrait is almost vivid like, I recognized myself immediately!
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Alexandra has a lovely blog! So nice that you read it too! :)
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Keep up the creativity!
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So beautifully captured sweety :)
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It’s just an awesome post, as always! Can’t wait to see a new one!
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Oooh, there's a real capturing of the person behind the pose here. There's a strong sense of serenity too.
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Ohhh, that is two wonderful illustration, Ivana! I look forward to the next one! xx
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Another lovely piece of art! It's always so cool to see your work!
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I thought she looked very mysterious in the picture!
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