The Island of Missing Trees Sarah Adler Dud Carter

Dud Carter

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The Island of Missing Trees Sarah Adler Dud CarterPub Date 11 02 21 Paperback 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