Table of Contents
My Grandmothers Silver Jewellery Box 1
Eds Receipt 19
My Mothers Crocheted Tablecloth 33
Chocolate-Chip Cookies 41
The Sunday Star 48
Rachel's Letter 60
A Sound Recorder and a Microphone 66
The List of Names 83
Shaadis Card 91
A Persian Poem in the Russian Alphabet 99
A Persian Song Named Soltan-eh Ghalbha (King of Hearts) 107
Fatelessness and The Diary of Anne Frank 114
My Dragonfly Brooch 126
Photos of My Children 134
My Canadian Passport 149
My Rosary 169
A Star-Shaped Christmas Cookie 177
A Jar of Folic-Acid Supplements 186
My Happy-Daisy Slippers and a Broken Umbrella 196
A Dream Catcher 207
Jasmines Poem about the Night Sky 217
Letters from My Cellmates, and My Barbie Doll 229
An Elastic Band for Making a Ponytail 243