Songbirds Av Christy Lefteri

The powerful Sunday Times bestseller. <br/> <br/>'Will break your heart and open your eyes' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz <br/> <br/>'I've never read anything quite like Songbirds - a beautifully crafted novel that sits at the intersection of race and class.' Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of Small Great Things <br/> <br/>She walks unseen through our world. <br/>Cares for our children, cleans our homes. <br/>Her voice unheard. <br/>Will you listen to her story? <br/> <br/>Nisha has crossed oceans to give her child a future. By day she cares for Petra's daughter; at night she mothers her own little girl by the light of a phone. <br/> <br/>One day, Nisha vanishes. No one cares about the disappearance of a domestic worker, except Petra, and Nisha's lover, Yiannis. <br/> <br/>As they set out to search for her, they realise how little they knew about Nisha. What they uncover will change them both forever. <br/> <br/>Set in her native Cyprus, Christy Lefteri has crafted a triumphant follow up to The Beekeeper of Aleppo, which <br/>illuminates the power of the human spirit, and the enduring love of a mother for her child. <br/> <br/>Praise for Christy Lefteri: <br/> <br/>'This thought-provoking novel of love loss and redemption is thoroughly sublime.' Caroline Montague <br/> <br/>'Lefteri is an astonishing weaver of stories.' Daljit Nagra <br/> <br/>' . . . 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 <br/> <br/>'Christy Lefteri has crafted a beautiful novel, intelligent, thoughtful, and relevant.' Benjamin Zephaniah on The Beekeeper of Aleppo <br/> <br/>' . . . it's impossible not to be moved by Lefteri's plea for humanity and perhaps inspired too.' Observer, on The Beekeeper of Aleppo <br/> <br/>'Courageous, proactive, haunting.' Heather Morris, on The Beekeeper of Aleppo