<p>Songbirds</p>
<p>'Will break your heart and open your eyes' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz</p>
<p>'I've never read anything quite like Songbirds - a beautifully crafted novel.' Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of Wish You Were Here.</p>
<p>Her courage to cross oceans.</p>
<p>Her hope for a better life.</p>
<p>Her love for a daughter, above all else.</p>
<p>Not all tragedies make headlines, not every voice is heard.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>As Petra and Yiannis desperately search for Nisha, they realise how little they knew about her. What they uncover will change them both forever.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Praise for Christy Lefteri:</p>
<p>'This thought-provoking novel of love loss and redemption is thoroughly sublime.' Caroline Montague</p>
<p>'Lefteri is an astonishing weaver of stories.' Daljit Nagra</p>
<p>' . . . 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</p>
<p>'Christy Lefteri has crafted a beautiful novel, intelligent, thoughtful, and relevant.' Benjamin Zephaniah on The Beekeeper of Aleppo</p>
<p>' . . . it's impossible not to be moved by Lefteri's plea for humanity and perhaps inspired too.' Observer, on The Beekeeper of Aleppo</p>
<p>'Courageous, proactive, haunting.' Heather Morris, on The Beekeeper of Aleppo</p>