The Book of Fire

Internationally bestselling author Christy Lefteri returns with a dazzling new novel, about one family struggling to recover from trauma, set against the backdrop of the forest fires of Greece.

Internationally bestselling author returns with a dazzling new novel, about one family's recovery from trauma caused by the forest fires of Greece. An English-Greek family lives a simple life on a tiny Greek island, until their life goes up in flames. An intimate and epic, sweeping and delicate exploration of humanity's powers of redemption and renewal.

Autorentext
Brought up in London, Christy Lefteri is the child of Cypriot refugees. Her novel, The Beekeeper of Aleppo, was an international bestseller, selling well over a million copies worldwide and published in over 40 countries. It won The Aspen Literary Prize, was runner up for The Dayton Literary Prize and won the Prix de l'Union Interalliée for Best Foreign novel in France. It was also adapted as a play for The Nottingham Playhouse and toured the UK. The Book of Fire, Christy Lefteri's latest powerful novel, was shortlisted for the Viking Award for Fiction with a Sense of Place
at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards.

Zusammenfassung
'Stunning... will long remain in the reader's mind' - Kristin Hannah

THE UNMISSABLE NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO AND SONGBIRDS - NOW AVAILABLE IN HARDBACK, EBOOK & AUDIOBOOK.
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AMONG THE ASHES, THEY FOUND HOPE . . .

In a tiny, beautiful Greek village, deep in an ancient forest, live a family - Irini, Tasso and their daughter, sweet Chara. One day their world is rocked when a forest fire consumes the village, leaving houses burned and lives irreparably damaged.

But while Tasso and Chara struggle to find the courage to bear what has happened, Irini is tormented by guilt for her part in the fate of the man who started the fire . . .

A captivating, moving novel of survival, hope and redemption, as epic as it is intimate, and set against the tormented landscape of our changing world, THE BOOK OF FIRE is the blazing new book from the international bestselling author of THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO and SONGBIRDS.

PRAISE FOR THE BOOK OF FIRE

'Christy Lefteri is a magician when it comes to the written word, and although the story is about a devastating event, beauty pours forth from her prose, and this, and the storyline will stay with me for some time to come.' 5* Reader Review

'This book made me feel every emotion. I love Christy Lefteri's writing. The Beekeeper of Aleppo is an amazing book but The Book of Fire is an outstanding read' 5* Reader Review

'Christy Lefteri has crafted a story of such grief and pain, but also one of hope and love.' 5* Reader Review

'Beautifully written, atmospheric, moving and entrancing, all at once' 5* Reader Review

'The author's vivid descriptions of the forest, both before and after the fire, help the reader to get a real sense of the loss which these devastating fires bring about. A passionate and emotive story which drew me in from the very first page. Stunning!' 5* Reader Review

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