Friends of Prime Hook NWR Nature Book Club ~ The Island of Missing Trees

Join us in August to discuss Elif Shafak’s "The Island of Missing Trees." This sweeping novel merges a love story, an ode to nature, and lessons in history with an investigation into generational trauma and the resilience of the human spirit. The book unfolds across different timelines and locations: the first set in Cyprus in 1974, the second in the early 2000s in Cyprus again, and the third in the late 2010s in London. While the novel is framed around London high school student Ada’s attempts to learn about her parents’ past on Cyprus and what drove them to emigrate, much of the novel is narrated by a fig tree, which observes events and offers insight into the characters’ past, the natural world, and the history of Cyprus.

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