~ Trade Paperback
~ New Release - 2023
Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home and fall into a forbidden love for one another . . .
The Island of Missing Trees is a moving, beautifully written, and delicately constructed story of love, division, transcendence, history, and eco-consciousness that explores themes of belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature and renewal.
“Shafak's voice is tender but piercing, laying out each character's joy and hurt as the novel unravels and reweaves itself across generations, borders, and butterfly migrations.” -- Seattle Book Review