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02734aam a22004338i 4500 001 BEE430E29B8811ECA2E7EC974EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220304010014 007 tb 008 210917t20222021meu d 000 1 eng 010 $a 2021046154 020 $a 1432894587 020 $a 9781432894580 035 $a (OCoLC)1268544896 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d LD4 $d IUK $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 10 $a PR6112.E419 $b S66 2022 082 00 $a 823/.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Lefteri, Christy, $d 1980- $e author. 245 10 $a Songbirds / $c by Christy Lefteri. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2022. 300 $a 457 pages (large print) ; $c 22 cm 340 $n large print $2 rdafs 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Nannies $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women household employees $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Foreign workers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Missing persons $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Cyprus $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 941 $a 4 945 $a lpt 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012013349.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20230210010703.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20220607013549.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220304010136.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BEE430E29B8811ECA2E7EC974EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search