The Island of Missing Trees
Elif Shafak · 2021
 8.3
Fiction Historical Fiction Magical Realism Romance

Two teenagers, Kostas and Defne, fall in love under a fig tree in Cyprus, but war tears them apart; years later, a fig tree in London connects a woman named Ada to her family's past and her own identity.
Love, war, and nature intertwine in this story, where a simple fig tree becomes a symbol of hope, memory, and the enduring search for belonging.

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