Songbirds (eBook)

The powerful novel from the author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo and The Book of Fire

Christy Lefteri (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
400 Seiten
Bonnier Publishing Fiction (Verlag)
978-1-78658-083-2 (ISBN)

Infos

DON"e;T MISS THE CAPTIVATING NEW NOVEL FROM CHRISTY LEFTERI THE BOOK OF FIRE - OUT NOW!'Will break your heart and open your eyes' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz'I've never read anything quite like Songbirds - a beautifully crafted novel.' Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of Wish You Were Here.Her courage to cross oceans.Her hope for a better life.Her love for a daughter, above all else.Not all tragedies make headlines, not every voice is heard.Nisha has crossed oceans to give her child a future. Now she spends her days caring for someone else's daughter while her own waits for her return, half a world away.For Petra, it is only natural to hire a domestic worker to keep her house clean and her family fed. Their lives have nothing in common, except the love they feel for their daughters.Then one day, Nisha vanishes. No one cares about the disappearance of a foreign domestic worker, except Petra and Nisha's secret lover, Yiannis, the only connection to her daughter back in Sri Lanka. As Petra and Yiannis desperately search for Nisha, they realise how little they knew about her. What they uncover will change them both forever.Inspired by true stories of love and loss, hope and refuge, this evocative masterpiece from the million-copy bestselling author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo, Christy Lefteri, is an illuminating story of the power of the human spirit, and the enduring love of a mother for her child, that will stay with you long after you finish reading.Praise for Christy Lefteri:'This thought-provoking novel of love loss and redemption is thoroughly sublime.' Caroline Montague'Lefteri is an astonishing weaver of stories.' Daljit Nagra' . . . broke my heart and kept me turning the pages of her gorgeous novel well into the night.' Alka Joshi, NYT-bestselling author of The Henna Artist and The Secret Keeper of Jaipur'Christy Lefteri has crafted a beautiful novel, intelligent, thoughtful, and relevant.' Benjamin Zephaniah on The Beekeeper of Aleppo' . . . it's impossible not to be moved by Lefteri's plea for humanity and perhaps inspired too.' Observer, on The Beekeeper of Aleppo'Courageous, proactive, haunting.' Heather Morris, on The Beekeeper of Aleppo

Autor

Brought up in London, Christy Lefteri is the child of Cypriot refugees. She is a lecturer in creative writing at Brunel University. The Beekeeper of Aleppo was born out of her time working as a volunteer at a Unicef supported refugee centre in Athens.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.7.2021
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: aspen literary prize • award winning books • beekeeper • Beekeeper of Aleppo • best books of 2021 • best books of the year • bestsellers 2021 • bestselling books • bestselling books bestselling audiobooks Audie award winner Earphones womens prize shortlist • bestselling books of the year • book club books • booker prize winner • booker shortlist • Chris Cleave Death Heather Morris Hope Human tragedy • Chris Cleave Death Heather Morris Hope Human tragedy award winning books bookclub books • christy lefteri • christy lefteri new book • Cilka's Journey • Cyprus • cyprus watermelon fish bible richard and judy immigration emotional motherhood • emotional book • empathy day • empathy day world refugee day • Heather Morris • hopeful stories • Immigration • Khaled Hosseini kite Runner Other Hand The Tattooist of Auschwitz • Khaled Hosseini kite Runner Other Hand The Tattooist of Auschwitz Cilkas Journey Three Sisters • kindle bestsellers • kindle bestsellers 2021 • kite runner • Migrants • Motherhood • new christy lefteri • reading group books • Reese Witherspoon • Reese Witherspoon Book Club • Refugees • refugee stories • Richard and Judy • richard and judy womens prize winner booker prize winner booker shortlist • songbird • songbird where the crawdad sings empathy day hopeful stories best books of the year • Sunday Times Bestseller Richard & Judy Book Club Pick R&J • tattooist of auschwitz • tattooist of auschwiz • The Beekeeper of Aleppo • The Beekeeper of Aleppo refugee stories reese witherspoon book club world refugee day • The Book of Fire • the songbird • UK Syrian camp Refugee Cyprus Calais Greece Missing child • UK Syrian camp Refugee Cyprus Calais Greece Missing child aspen literary prize • watermelon fish bible • where the crawdad sings • where the crawdads sing • woman's prize shortlist • womens prize shortlist • women's prize winner • womens prize winner • world refugee day
• ISBN-10: 1-78658-083-7 / 1786580837
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78658-083-2 / 9781786580832