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Reviewed on June 1, 2021 | Fiction
Petra is an optician in Cyprus whose husband dies just before the birth of their daughter Aliki. Petra hires a maid, Nisha, through an employment agency to keep house and provide childcare. Petra knows little about Nisha's family or background, and sees her as nothing more than a servant, even as Nisha runs the household for seven years and becomes a de facto mother to Aliki. Before coming to Cyprus, Nisha had lost her husband in a mining accident in their n...Log In or Sign Up to Read More


