When The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri was published in 2019, it struck a chord with readers around the world, selling over a million copies. It was a different feeling to when I was writing Beekeeper, I had more of a desperate feeling when I was writing that, more sadness. Also when I was writing Beekeeper, I was so anxious and depressed all the time that I needed therapy and medication. When I was writing Songbirds, my mind had settled more.”For Lefteri, telling the story of migrant women in Cyprus was an opportunity to convey how the lives of so many women are seen as having little value. “The fact that nobody searched for these missing women reflects how so many women are treated like they are not human.

Source: Irish Examiner July 13, 2021 18:56 UTC