Songbirds
Waterville, Maine : Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022, ©2021.
Format: Large Print
Edition: Large print edition.
Description: 457 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
"Living on the island of Cyprus, Nisha is far from her native Sri Lanka. Though she longs to return home, she knows that working as a nanny and maid for a wealthy widow is the only way to earn enough to support her daughter, left behind to be raised by relatives. Yiannis is a poacher, trapping the tiny protected songbirds that stop in Cyprus as they migrate each year from Africa to Europe and selling them on the illegal market. He dreams of finding a new way of life, and of marrying Nisha. But one night, Nisha makes dinner, an aromatic dahl curry, for the family who pays her: Petra and her daughter Aliki. Then, after she cleans the kitchen and tucks Aliki into bed, Nisha goes out on a mysterious errand, and vanishes. When the police refuse to pursue the case, Petra takes on the investigation herself, a path that leads her to Nisha's friends--other workers in the neighborhood--and to the darker side of a migrant's life, where impossible choices leave them vulnerable, captive, and worse. Inspired by the real-life disappearance of domestic workers in Cyprus, Christy Lefteri has crafted a poignant, deeply empathetic narrative of the human stories behind the headlines. With infinite tenderness and skill, Songbirds offers a triumphant story of the fight for truth and justice, and of women reclaiming their lost voices"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Nannies -- Fiction.
Women household employees -- Fiction.
Foreign workers -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Cyprus -- Fiction.
Nannies -- Fiction.
Women household employees -- Fiction.
Foreign workers -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Cyprus -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781432894580
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LPF Lefteri | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Large Print Fiction | In |
LPF Lefteri | Northeast Indoors | Large Print Fiction | In |