Chapter 48

Summary

• Yara sells fourteen paintings, earning more than her monthly college salary, realizing her potential for success.
• While cooking, she reminisces about Teta's stories of the nakba and acknowledges over seventy years have passed since then.
• Yara decides not to dwell on the painful past like her mother and grandmother but instead focus on the future.
• She engages with her daughters, Mira and Jude, building LEGO castles and relishing the moment with them.
• Her husband Fadi seems distracted and impatient while putting the girls to bed and quickly leaves the room.
• Fadi reveals to Yara that he quit his job after giving up his half of the business during a disagreement with his partner Ramy.
• Yara is confused by Fadi's decision as he justifies it by saying he's ready for something new, trying to please her by working less.
• After an argument about work stress and focus, Fadi expresses his frustration towards Yara's need for things to make sense.
• Yara apologizes and realizes her complaints may have contributed to Fadi's workplace problems, feeling a loss of the progress from her therapy sessions.
• Fadi reassures Yara, despite quitting, that financially they will be okay and he will find new work, but Yara remains unconvinced.
• Lying awake, Yara battles feelings of self-blame, believing that she will always cause bad things to happen due to an internal curse.