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Elif Shafak

“If families resemble trees, as they say, arborescent structures with entangled roots and individual branches jutting out at awkward angles, family traumas are like thick, translucent resin dripping from a cut in the bark. They trickle down generations.”

Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees
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The Island of Missing Trees The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
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