Songbirds

'Will break your heart and open your eyes' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz<BR><BR> 'I've never read anything quite like Songbirds - a beautifully crafted novel.' Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of Wish You Were Here. <BR><BR>Her courage to cross oceans.<BR>Her hope for a better life.<BR>Her love for a daughter, above all else.<BR><BR> Not all tragedies make headlines, not every voice is heard. <BR><BR>Nisha has crossed oceans to give her child a future. Now she spends her days caring for someone else's daughter while her own waits for her return, half a world away. <BR><BR>For Petra, it is only natural to hire a domestic worker to keep her house clean and her family fed. Their lives have nothing in common, except the love they feel for their daughters. <BR><BR> Then one day, Nisha vanishes. No one cares about the disappearance of a foreign domestic worker, except Petra and Nisha's secret lover, Yiannis, the only connection to her daughter back in Sri Lanka. <BR><BR> As Petra and Yiannis desperately search for Nisha, they realise how little they knew about her. What they uncover will change them both forever.<BR><BR> Inspired by true stories of love and loss, hope and refuge, this evocative masterpiece from the million-copy bestselling author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo, Christy Lefteri, is an illuminating story of the power of the human spirit, and the enduring love of a mother for her child, that will stay with you long after you finish reading. <BR><BR> Praise for Christy Lefteri:<BR><BR> 'This thought-provoking novel of love loss and redemption is thoroughly sublime.' Caroline Montague<BR><BR> 'Lefteri is an astonishing weaver of stories.' Daljit Nagra<BR><BR> ' . . . broke my heart and kept me turning the pages of her gorgeous novel well into the night.' Alka Joshi, NYT-bestselling author of The Henna Artist and The Secret Keeper of Jaipur<BR><BR> 'Christy Lefteri has crafted a beautiful novel, intelligent, thoughtful, and relevant.' Benjamin Zephaniah on The Beekeeper of Aleppo<BR><BR> ' . . . it's impossible not to be moved by Lefteri's plea for humanity and perhaps inspired too.' Observer, on The Beekeeper of Aleppo<BR><BR> 'Courageous, proactive, haunting.' Heather Morris, on The Beekeeper of Aleppo<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>***DON'T MISS CHRISTY LEFTERI'S MOVING AND CAPTIVATING NEW NOVEL: THE BOOK OF FIRE, OUT NOW!***