Home is Beyond the Mountains (2011)
Home is Beyond the Mountains
“A woman standing halfway up a staircase talked to them about baths and clean clothes.
Anna whispered in Samira’s ear, “Just like going into the camp at Baqubah.”
But it really wasn’t. For one thing the water was wonderfully hot. For another their clothes weren’t taken away and burned.
“Your clothes are a little worn but they are perfectly good,” said a woman as she handed out new clothes. “You can mend them and keep them to wear when you go home. For now you’ll wear the uniform of t...he orphanage.”
The uniform was a white blouse, a dark blue skirt and jacket and a blue headscarf. The clothes made Samira remember Mrs. McDowell and the green dresses, all alike. She wished that Mrs. McDowell could know that she and Anna were in Tabriz, almost ready for the last step that would take them home.
Hot water was not the only luxury. The soup they had for supper was really hot, too, and there was a bowl of sliced cucumbers and onions on every table.MoreLess
Anna whispered in Samira’s ear, “Just like going into the camp at Baqubah.”
But it really wasn’t. For one thing the water was wonderfully hot. For another their clothes weren’t taken away and burned.
“Your clothes are a little worn but they are perfectly good,” said a woman as she handed out new clothes. “You can mend them and keep them to wear when you go home. For now you’ll wear the uniform of t...he orphanage.”
The uniform was a white blouse, a dark blue skirt and jacket and a blue headscarf. The clothes made Samira remember Mrs. McDowell and the green dresses, all alike. She wished that Mrs. McDowell could know that she and Anna were in Tabriz, almost ready for the last step that would take them home.
Hot water was not the only luxury. The soup they had for supper was really hot, too, and there was a bowl of sliced cucumbers and onions on every table.MoreLess
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