{"product_id":"songbirds-by-christy-lefteri","title":"Songbirds by Christy Lefteri","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt began with a crunch of leaves and earth. So early, so cold, the branches shone with ice. I'd returned to collect the songbirds. They are worth more than their weight in gold.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYiannis 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 black market. He dreams of finding a new way of life, and of marrying Nisha, who works on the island as a nanny and maid--having left her native Sri Lanka to try to earn enough to support her daughter, left behind and raised by relatives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Nisha has vanished; one evening, she steps out on a mysterious errand and doesn't return. The police write off her disappearance as just another runaway domestic worker, so her employer, Petra, undertakes the investigation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePetra's unravelling of Nisha's last days in Cyprus lead her to Nisha's friends--other maids in the neighborhood--and to the darker side of a migrant's life, where impossible choices leave them vulnerable, captive, and worse.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBased on 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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSongbirds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a triumphant story of the fight for truth and justice, and of women reclaiming their lost voices.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/56293868-songbirds?from_search=true\u0026amp;from_srp=true\u0026amp;qid=cu5aI1frIr\u0026amp;rank=1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"songbirds-lefteri-reviews\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Books Barn","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":53015246831727,"sku":null,"price":800.0,"currency_code":"KES","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":53015246864495,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"KES","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/3078\/3599\/files\/Christ-Lefteri-Songbirds.jpg?v=1777376585","url":"https:\/\/thebooksbarn.com\/products\/songbirds-by-christy-lefteri","provider":"The Books Barn","version":"1.0","type":"link"}