{"product_id":"the-island-of-missing-trees","title":"The Island of Missing Trees","description":"\u003cp\u003eElif Shafak\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA rich, magical novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - now a top ten \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestseller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is 1974 on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek and Christian, and Defne, who is Turkish and Muslim, can meet, in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands of garlic, chilli peppers and wild herbs. This is where one can find the best food in town, the best music, the best wine. But there is something else to the place: it makes one forget, even if for just a few hours, the world outside and its immoderate sorrows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the centre of the tavern, growing through a cavity in the roof, is a fig tree. This tree will witness their hushed, happy meetings, their silent, surreptitious departures; and the tree will be there when the war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to rubble, when the teenagers vanish and break apart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDecades later in north London, sixteen-year-old Ada Kazantzakis has never visited the island where her parents were born. Desperate for answers, she seeks to untangle years of secrets, separation and silence. The only connection she has to the land of her ancestors is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFicus Carica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e growing in the back garden of their home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Island of Missing Trees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a rich, magical tale of belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature, and, finally, renewal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book moved me to tears . . . in the best way. Powerful and poignant' Reese Witherspoon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliant novel -- one that rings with Shafak's characteristic compassion' Robert Macfarlane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is an enchanting, compassionate and wise novel and storytelling at its most sublime' Polly Samson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eApril 7, 2022 by Penguin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Very Good \/ Paperback \/ Elif Shafak","offer_id":51260572369194,"sku":"9780241988725","price":40.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/4039\/5562\/files\/61223186.jpg?v=1773760442","url":"https:\/\/evasusedbooks.co\/products\/the-island-of-missing-trees","provider":"Eva's Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}