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THE ISLAND OF MISSING TREES BY ELIF SHAFAK From the award-winning author of The Forty Rules of Love and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World. Kostas is a Greek Cypriot and Defne is a Turkish Cypriot who fall in love as teenagers and secretly meet in a tavern beneath a beautiful fig tree. However, when war breaks out in Cyprus, their beloved tavern is reduced to rubble as families are destroyed and the teenagers vanish. They make their way to London where they manage to create a new life for themselves until further tragedy hits them. Interweaving past and present, Shafak enchants with this beautiful story of Kostas and Defne. It is a story of religion and war, secrets and silence, and ultimately, love and belonging.
116 / AUGUST 2021 ESSENTIAL MAGAZINE
