Set against the backdrop of Cyprus in 1974 and present-day London, the novel follows:
Kostas (Greek Cypriot) and Defne (Turkish Cypriot), whose forbidden love blossoms in a tavern hidden beneath a fig tree. As war erupts, they disappear, scattering their past.
Decades later, their daughter Ada, aged 16 and raised in London, seeks to unearth her roots and the family’s hidden history—guided by a fig tree in their backyard