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

‘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 nove l 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














***DON’T MISS CHRISTY LEFTERI’S MOVING AND CAPTIVATING NEW NOVEL: THE BOOK OF FIRE, OUT NOW!***

Despre autor

Brought up in London, Christy Lefteri is the child of Cypriot refugees. Her novel, The Beekeeper of Aleppo, was an international bestseller, selling well over a million copies worldwide and published in over 40 countries. It won The Aspen Literary Prize, was runner up for The Dayton Literary Prize and won the Prix de l’Union Interalliée for Best Foreign novel in France. It was also adapted as a play for The Nottingham Playhouse and toured the UK. The Book of Fire, Christy Lefteri’s latest powerful novel, was shortlisted for the Viking Award for Fiction with a Sense of Placeat the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards.