The Island of the Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

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Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 7:00 to 8:00 pm, in person at the library, in the Pearl Buck Room

“The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak tells a tale of generational trauma, explores identity, and pays homage to the natural world in prose so lyrical it melts into your very spirit. Oscillating between past and present, the narrative is split among the ruminations of a fig tree, the love story of a Greek Cypriot, Kostas, and Turkish Cypriot, Defne, in 1974 Cyprus, and the mourning of the lovers' 16-year-old daughter, Ada Kazantakis in London in the 2010’s. The story is not told linearly, rather, much like reality, the pieces arrive in distinct moments that eventually coalesce into the truth. The torrid romance of Kostas and Defne reveals the trauma wrought by ethnic strife and colonialism across generations on humans and on ecosystems throughout the world.” 

Join us!

This book is available at the library, or visit the Doylestown Bookshop to get your copy and receive a 20% discount. Just mention the Friends of the Doylestown Library Book Club.

Questions?  friendsofdoylestownlibrary@gmail.com