![]() She is also studying to become a psychotherapist. She taught English to foreign students and then became a secondary school teacher before leaving to pursue a PhD and to write. She completed a degree in English and a Masters in creative writing at Brunel University. Much more than a beach read, this is a powerful well constructed piece of writing - Joclyn Manners FemaleFirst book criticĬhristy Lefteri was born in London in 1980 to Greek Cypriot parents who moved to London in 1974 during the Turkish invasion. The reader quickly gets the feeling of tension, threat, fear and how the characters go about handling the invasion and coping with the odd one in their cultural mix. It makes you want to know more about Cyprus and its history, and to be able to recount what happened to Koki and Maroulla to the sometimes violent past of such a beautiful island and it's people. The author develops the characters very well and places them in the collateral damage arena during the Turkish /Cypriot conflict. Even so it is beautifully written, and explores whether the main characters can come to terms with their past and present. There book contains accounts of violent and distressing scenes, including some of the group of women being taken off to be gang raped and returned battered and bleeding. Our Opinion: A debut novel, by an author who was born in 1980 to Greek Cypriot parents living in exile in London, very powerful and moving – Written so well the reader strikes an empithy with the characters, feeling the anger, sorrow and anguish about what was happening to them. And so, by cover of darkness, he searches every house, every pathway for a glimpse of that head of flames.įor Richard, growing old and grey in a dank bedsit in the centre of London, where the underground trains shake the foundations, the invasion of Cyprus stirs memories of his time as a British pilot, of a woman, a child and a secret it is becoming all too difficult to keep. FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS metal detectors - let the dog out the cage - authority over. Waiting for a chance to return, his only thought has been of her. And how she has longed for him all these years and never known why he left, what took him away.Īdem Berker is a Turkish soldier and for him, the invasion of his former home is an opportunity to seek out the woman he has loved for so many years. The young, Turkish shoe-maker who came to the village and took her heart away with him when he left. A Watermelon a Fish and a Bible & The Beekeeper of Aleppo By Christy Lefteri 2 Books Collection Set. She can tell them her story of a summer long ago. But held captive in the house to which the women of Kyrenia have been brought, she can at last speak to them as an equal. Koki, a young villager, feared and hated by her neighbours for her startling red hair, has spent her life in shadow. For many people, this means an end to life as they know it.īut for some, it is a chance to begin living again. Here he left everything he ever wanted and, by cover of darkness, risking his life, he is searching every house, every cafe, every old pathway, for just a glimpse of the only woman he has ever loved.įor readers of The Island, The Book Thief and The Kite Runner. Kp boken A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible av Christy Lefteri (ISBN 9781529405637) hos Adlibris. Meanwhile, Adem Berker finds himself back in Kyrenia, his former home, now as a member of the invading force. And how she has longed for him all these years. To talk of the Turkish shoe-maker who came to the town and took her heart away with him when he left. But, held captive with the very women who have made her life so lonely, Koki is finally able to tell them the truth. So she lives outside the town and hides from her neighbours' eyes. A Watermelon, A Fish and a Bible is a breathtaking novel about love, loss, identity and what family really means. And for a man far from the action, it brings memories of the past flooding into his mind a woman, a child and a secret never told. And when she became pregnant and there was no sign of a husband, her fate was sealed. To an invading soldier, it becomes a search for his one true love, lost years ago. They never believed she was her father's daughter and her mother died too soon to quiet their wagging tongues. But for some, it is a chance to begin living again.Įveryone has always talked about Koki. For many people, this means an end to life as they know it. It is July 1974 and on a bright, sunny morning, the Turkish army has invaded the town of Kyrenia in Cyprus. A moving novel of love and war by the author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo
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