The Island of Missing Trees
by Elif Shafak | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0241988721 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0241988721 Global Overview for this book
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Journal Entry 1 by
penelopewanders
from Saint-Loup-des Vignes, Centre France on Wednesday, November 8, 2023


This has been selected for our next book club read.

Journal Entry 2 by
penelopewanders
at Saint-Loup-des Vignes, Centre France on Thursday, November 23, 2023


This was selected for our next book club meeting, and I was glad to finally read something by an author whose name was familiar. (In the meantime I realize I have read something by this author, but it was a number of years ago).
There's a high chance I won't be able to attend the meeting in question because of a schedule conflict, but I am glad to have read the book nonetheless.
One of the main characters is the tree, although towards the end it seems it is not just the tree...
There were a number of themes touched on here - adolescence and the impact of social media, family and its importance, superstition, grief and grieving, and then the elephant in the room treading on a lot of feet - Cyprus and partition and the history of that island.
At this time when the world is so divided, this is a harsh reminder that hatred can well up even in communities which have lived together harmoniously for a long time. I am still a bit on the fence about this book.
I loved reading about the tree(s) and its/their seeming omniscience (although we are told at the end that maybe it's not all objective and maybe not all is true?) as well as other tidbits of information shared about ants, bees, etc.
An interesting read.
There's a high chance I won't be able to attend the meeting in question because of a schedule conflict, but I am glad to have read the book nonetheless.
One of the main characters is the tree, although towards the end it seems it is not just the tree...
There were a number of themes touched on here - adolescence and the impact of social media, family and its importance, superstition, grief and grieving, and then the elephant in the room treading on a lot of feet - Cyprus and partition and the history of that island.
At this time when the world is so divided, this is a harsh reminder that hatred can well up even in communities which have lived together harmoniously for a long time. I am still a bit on the fence about this book.
I loved reading about the tree(s) and its/their seeming omniscience (although we are told at the end that maybe it's not all objective and maybe not all is true?) as well as other tidbits of information shared about ants, bees, etc.
An interesting read.