Songbirds : a novel
Book |
First edition. |
Ballantine Books,
New York :
[2021]
- 5 of 5 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 2 current holds with 5 total copies.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fonthill | FIC Lefte 2021 | Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Grimsby | Fic Lef | Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Rittenhouse - Vineland | FIC Lefte | Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Thorold | FIC LEFTI | Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Welland Main | FIC Lefte | Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
"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 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. But 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. Petra'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. Based 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."--
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Details
- ISBN: 9780593238042
- Physical Description: 320 pages ; 22 cmprint
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2021]