Read & Eat: The Island of Missing Trees

Typically our read and eat event goes as follows: intro round, order food, lots of yapping, enjoy food and then leave whenver you feel like it!
Book description:
Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic, chili peppers and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. A fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roof, and this tree bears witness to their hushed, happy meetings and eventually, to their silent, surreptitious departures. The tree is there when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, and when the teenagers vanish. Decades later, Kostas returns. He is a botanist looking for native species, but really, he’s searching for lost love.
Years later a Ficus carica grows in the back garden of a house in London where Ada Kazantzakis lives. This tree is her only connection to an island she has never visited -- her only connection to her family’s troubled history and her complex identity as she seeks to untangle years of secrets to find her place in the world.
NOTE:
FLINTA* Only event
Please be nice to people, no racism, homophobia, transphobia etc.
Event is free, but you will be expected to buy something from the restaurant and pay yourself :)
Due to high drop out rates, you will be required to confirm your attendance in the days before the event so that we can adjust the table reservation accordingly.
This event will take place in Kreuzberg and you will get the exact address via email following confirming your attendance.
We will take pictures during the event and if you wish to not be photographed please inform us in advance! By signing up you give permission to this.
Attend at your own risk! Aka its up to you to tell the restaurant your dietary requirements etc.

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