{"product_id":"christy-lefteri-songbirds-2021","title":"Christy Lefteri: Songbirds [2021]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe powerful \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Will break your heart and open your eyes' Heather Morris, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tattooist of Auschwitz  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I've never read anything quite like \u003ci\u003eSongbirds\u003c\/i\u003e - a beautifully crafted novel that sits at the intersection of race and class.' Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSmall Great Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe walks unseen through our world.\u003cbr\u003e Cares for our children, cleans our homes.\u003cbr\u003e She has a story to tell. \u003cbr\u003e Will you listen?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNisha 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNisha's lover, Yiannis, is a poacher, hunting the tiny songbirds on their way to Africa each winter. His dreams of a new life, and of marrying Nisha, are shattered when she vanishes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo one cares about the disappearance of a domestic worker, except Petra and Yiannis. As they set out to search for her, they realise how little they know about Nisha. What they uncover will change them all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Christy Lefteri:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This\u003cb\u003e thought-provoking\u003c\/b\u003e novel of love loss and redemption is thoroughly\u003cb\u003e sublime\u003c\/b\u003e.' Caroline Montague\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lefteri is an \u003cb\u003eastonishing\u003c\/b\u003e weaver of stories.' Daljit Nagra     \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e' . . . \u003cb\u003ebroke my heart\u003c\/b\u003e and kept me turning the pages of her \u003cb\u003egorgeous nove\u003c\/b\u003el well into the night.' Alka Joshi, NYT-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Henna Artist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Keeper of Jaipur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Christy Lefteri has crafted a \u003cb\u003ebeautiful novel\u003c\/b\u003e, intelligent, thoughtful, and relevant.' Benjamin Zephaniah on \u003ci\u003eThe Beekeeper of Aleppo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e' . . .\u003c\/i\u003e it's \u003cb\u003eimpossible not to be moved\u003c\/b\u003e by Lefteri's plea for  humanity and perhaps inspired too.' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eThe Beekeeper of Aleppo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Courageous, proactive, haunting.' Heather Morris, on \u003ci\u003eThe Beekeeper of Aleppo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lefteri, Christy","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":54447206039891,"sku":"XE81786581259","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"New","offer_id":54447206007123,"sku":"9781786581259","price":21.41,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/lefteri-christy-christy-lefteri-songbirds-2021-1251901494.jpg?v=1785531190","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/christy-lefteri-songbirds-2021","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}