![]() ![]() Kostas is sent to London to live with his uncle, whilst Defne is left behind, with a secret. The past follows the Turkish Cypriot Defne and Greek Cypriot Kostas falling in love on a divided island. Ada's story looks at her grief with the loss of her mother, and her exploration of her cultural history, through her aunt Meryem's visit. A third narrative voice is a fig tree, who lived in the middle of a tavern in Cyprus, before a cutting was taken by Kostas and planted in his and Defne's English garden. The story has two timelines, one set in 2010s London following 16-year old Ada Kazantzakis, and the other mainly in 1970s Cyprus, following Defne and Kostas, Ada's parents. Set in Cyprus and London, it follows a romantic relationship between a Greek and Turkish Cypriot. The Island of Missing Trees is a 2021 novel by Turkish writer Elif Shafak. ![]()
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