"A rich, magical new novel on belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature and renewal, from the Booker-shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. 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...

"This is a place that hums with life. all the world's living things depend on healthy forests. They are home to so many amazing plants and animals, all depending on each other. Open this book and dive into the strange interwoven lifecycles of fig trees, the wasps that live inside them, and the beautiful creatures that eat them. Everything is connected" --