Christy Lefteri Collection 3 Books Set (Songbirds, The Beekeeper of Aleppo, A Watermelon a Fish and a Bible)

This three-book collection brings together novels by Christy Lefteri: Songbirds, The Beekeeper of Aleppo and A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible. Across the set, Lefteri writes about lives shaped by displacement, conflict and the search for safety, following characters whose futures are altered by events beyond their control.

From a domestic worker’s disappearance in Cyprus, to a couple forced to flee war-torn Aleppo, to the upheaval of the 1974 invasion of Kyrenia, each story centres on people navigating loss, uncertainty and the hope of starting again.

Included titles

• Songbirds
• The Beekeeper of Aleppo
• A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible

Key details

• Three-book set
• Written by Christy Lefteri
• Includes Songbirds, The Beekeeper of Aleppo and A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible

Synopses

Songbirds

Nisha crosses oceans to build a future for her child. By day she cares for Petra’s daughter, while at night she mothers her own little girl by the light of a phone. Her lover, Yiannis, hunts tiny songbirds as they travel to Africa each winter, and dreams of a new life with Nisha.

When Nisha vanishes, those hopes are shattered. Few people pay attention to the disappearance of a domestic worker, except Petra and Yiannis.

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

Nuri is a beekeeper and his wife, Afra, is an artist, living a life shaped by family and friends in Aleppo. When war destroys what they care for, they are forced to escape. As they travel through a broken world, they face both the pain of their own loss and dangers along the way.

A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible

In July 1974, the Turkish army invades the town of Kyrenia in Cyprus, bringing an end to life as many people know it, while offering others a chance to begin again. The story follows Koki, long the subject of gossip: people doubt her parentage, her mother dies too soon to silence rumours, and when Koki becomes pregnant with no husband in sight, her future appears decided.