Yiannis is a poacher,selling protected songbirds on the black market. He dreams of marrying Nisha, who works for Petra and her daughter Angela. Nisha is raising Angela, mothering her own child back in Sri Lanka by the screen of a phone. When Nisha disappears, Yiannis is convinced he is responsible, paralysed by heartbreak and fear. When little Angela insists that they find Nisha, she begins to see that Nisha hasn't simply run away, and that no one will bother to look for her. With infinite tenderness and skill, Christy Lefteri crafts a powerful story about the unseen who walk among us, cleaning our homes and caring for our children. Songbirds is a triumphant exploration of loss, the strength of the human spirit and the unbreakable bonds of courage, and of love.