yeovilliteraryfestival

YEOVIL LITERARY FESTIVAL 2021
JOHNSON STUDIO- THE OCTAGON THEATRE
With Jenny Devitt

Brought up in London, Christy Lefteri is the child of Cypriot refugees. Her novel, The Beekeeper of Aleppo, is an international bestseller, selling well over a million copies worldwide.

Her new novel Songbirds is set in her native Cyprus, it's a powerful, redemptive story of loss, of the triumph of the human spirit, and of the enduring love of a mother for her child.

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. Nisha'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. No 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.

Tickets: £5
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