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