The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

In 1974, two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided Cyprus,
meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the
only place that Kostas, who is Greek, and Defne, who is Turkish,
can meet in secret, hidden beneath the leaves of a fig tree growing
through the roof of the tavern. This tree will witness their hushed,
happy meetings, and will be there when the war breaks out and
the teenagers vanish.

Decades later in north London, sixteen-year-old Ada has never
visited the island where her parents were born. She seeks to
untangle years of her family's silence, but the only connection she
has to the land of her ancestors is a fig tree growing in the back
garden of their home . . .

Genres: Fantasy - Historical Fiction - Magical Realism - Romance - Literary Fiction
Condition: Very good
Published: First published in 2021. This edition published 2022 by Penguin Books
Pages: 356
ISBN: 9780241988725
Weight: 260g