Book guide
The Island of Missing Trees
A fig tree holds the secrets one family tried to bury.
GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalStar-crossed loversHistoricalWar storyLiteraryGrief journeyLiteraryIdentity crisisLiteraryIntergenerational trauma
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About The Island of Missing Trees
In north London, Ada Kazantzakis searches for the hidden story of her Cypriot parents, uncovering love, trauma, displacement and the living ties between people and place.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- racism
- ableism
- queermisia
- hate crime
- rape mentioned
- alcoholism
- self-harm
- abortion
- cancer
- dead bodies
- murder
- mass murder
- war themes
- suicide
- child death
- death of a parent
