{"product_id":"the-island-of-missing-trees","title":"The Island of Missing Trees","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rich  magical new novel on belonging and identity  love and trauma  nature and renewal  from the Booker shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World.  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  hes 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 familys troubled history and her complex identity as she seeks to untangle years of secrets to find her place in the world.  A moving  beautifully written and delicately constructed story of love  division  transcendence  history and eco-consciousness  The Island of Missing Trees is Elif Shafaks best work yet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44968228814901,"sku":"ByrdShop_0241435005","price":90.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780241435007.jpg?v=1770649637","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-island-of-missing-trees","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}