The father just keeps her close to him because if she dies then her father will die too. So she is just a power source for her greedy father who hasn’t shown love to her all her life. In this enchanted world nothing goes in favor of the girl but still, Trina Nishimura has given her a melodious voice i.e a voice that is actually looking for love.
Enchanted like What the Wind Knows and Where the Lost Wander the novel is full of wonders. It shows how much the author has in her mind about the land of magic. A curse from one’s mother is something new because the love of parents is usually used to break the curse. Here the poor swallow is searching for her savior who could break the curse so that she would finally be able to speak.