BOOK CLUB: The Island of Missing Trees

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🗓️ 29 July 2022

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Link to this episode in the new The Shameless Book Club feed: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4iWyeE7ZAkQCx7De1HmZ9b?si=a31f9875b4244ca4 Oh haaaaiiiii, book clubbers! This month, we read ‘The Island of Missing Trees’ by award-winning Turkish-British author Elif Shafak. The book follows the love story between two teenagers, Kostas (a Greek Cypriot) and Defne (a Turkish Cypriot), whose forbidden romance means they can only meet at a taverna on the island between their homes. Witnessing their relationship through its ebbs and flows over the many years this story encompasses, is the fig tree that lives inside the taverna - the place of safety for Kostas and Defne. Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, ‘The Island of Missing Trees’ is an intergenerational story about past pain, tradition, and enduring love. Got some thoughts on our August pick, ‘In Love’ by Amy Bloom? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta, @theshamelessbookclub. Or, if you’re after some variety, here’s a link to record a voice message via our website, too. Big thanks to lululemon for making this episode possible. You can find their quality activewear over at lululemon.com.au or follow them on socials @lululemonausnz. You can browse the eBook and audiobook versions of past book club picks in our room on Apple Books! Have a look-see right here. (You might spot our little baby, The Space Between, in the mix there, too.) Want to support our show? We are sending air kisses, air tea, and air hugs (too far?) to anyone who clicks ‘subscribe’ on Apple (bonus hugs for anyone who leaves a five-star review, too) or ‘follow’ on Spotify. Still not enough? Well! Our hearts! See below for everything else. Click here to subscribe to ShameMore: http://apple.co/shamelesspod Subscribe to the weekly ‘ASK SHAMELESS’ newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gFbYLT Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shamelesspodcast/?hl=en Check out our website: https://shamelessmediaco.com/ Thanks for listening! We are very big fans of yours.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, Zara here, just to let you know, this episode, this book club episode doesn't actually live here anymore,
0:06.5	but it does live somewhere because the Shameless Book Club is getting its own nook.
0:11.3	As you might have seen, book club episodes are becoming their entire own. its own
0:15.0	podcast.
0:16.0	so you'll now find the Shameless Book Club episodes in their own podcast feed.
0:20.0	What's even better is we're not just doing monthly reviews anymore, which you will find in that feed.
0:25.0	We're doing more book content more often including our brand new series Stranger Than Fiction.
0:30.0	Stranger Than Fiction is an entirely new series where host Eilish Gilligan investigates the intriguing world of writers and the bizarre reality behind some of the world's most famous stories.
0:41.0	Find every single episode of our book club, including the one you're intended to click into right now,
0:46.4	by searching the Shameless Book Club on your favorite podcast app.

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