Summary

Page 123 is titled “The Lovers” as the party ends and Nima and Yasmeen follow their parents leaving the party. Her mother tells her father that she thinks it is a girl, touching her stomach. Her father grabs her mother and spins her around, Nima entranced by the first time she has heard her father’s voice. Nima and Yasmeen keep walking, page 124 titled “Yasmeen” is one block of text no stanzas, and Yasmeen asks her questions, and Nima tells her all about school and Arabic class. They arrive at a house, page 125 titled “The House,” and Nima’s grandmother (her mother’s mother) greets her parents, watering the garden. There is a branch of jasmine, then her parents tell Nima’s grandmother the news about the pregnancy and her grandmother ululates. Nima’s parents go to bed and Nima falls asleep at the...