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She does remember Julien saying, "Paris-- like the city!" And from Maman the familiar reply, "No, without the s. It means 'fairy' in Farsi."

Abdullah sighs. "Dr. Bashiri, if I ever want to put a curse on someone I say, 'May God give you a restaurant.'

It would be her secret, one she would share with the mountains only.

But there was no forgetting. Pari hovered, unbidden, at the edge of Abdullah's vision everywhere he went. She was like the dust that clung to his shirt.....

But Maidan Sabz was a desolate place, and it didn't resemble in the slightest the image that its name, Field of Green, would have you picture.