Evil and Elitism

This is a tragic message delivered in a sad story. It centers around Nisha, a domestic worker from Sri Lanka serving a widow and her daughter in Cyprus. A widow and mother herself, she took the position out of desperation in order to provide for her own mother and child back home. The story is about her disappearance and the efforts made to find her, during which more of Nisha's own story gradually is told. I found myself caring about her, her family, with whom she strove to stay connected, the little girl she took care of, and the other domestic workers, but the other characters were pretty deplorable. Although fiction, the author states that it's based on factual events, which is chilling. It's a dark topic and the writing is good, but a bit too bleak for me.