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    What The Doves Said: The Shenaas-Nameh (Book Three)
    What The Doves Said: The Shenaas-Nameh (Book Three)
    What The Doves Said: The Shenaas-Nameh (Book Three)
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    What The Doves Said: The Shenaas-Nameh (Book Three)

    By Mojdeh Marashi

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    Eager to find the truth about her parents' divorce, the author examines her mother’s shenaas-nameh (identification card) in this third installment, hoping to find answers. This brings back memories of betrayal, greed, and sadness. She is reminded of visiting her dad and his new wife after the divorce. The broken promises, and the disappointing truth that once surrounded her mother haunt the author now. She realizes that in order to move forward she must transcend the past but there is a huge distance between knowing and doing.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMojdeh Marashi
    Release dateNov 11, 2012
    ISBN9781938726088
    What The Doves Said: The Shenaas-Nameh (Book Three)
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    Mojdeh Marashi

    Mojdeh Marashi is a writer, translator, artist and designer. Mojdeh's work is deeply influenced by the ancient and modern history of Iran. Her writing merges the world of magical realism in Persian literature that she grew up reading, the reality of the world she lives in today, and the utopia she dreams about. Mojdeh was born in Tehran, Iran and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1977, and now lives and work in Palo Alto, California. She is the Managing Partner at Blurred Whisper, an Idea and Design studio in Palo Alto, California, which she co-founded in 2002. Mojdeh studied at California College of Arts (CCA) and later at San Francisco State University where she earned her M.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts and an M.A. in Creative Writing.

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      What The Doves Said - Mojdeh Marashi

      What The Doves Said:

      The Shenaas-Nameh

      Book Three

      By Mojdeh Marashi

      Copyright 2011 Mojdeh Marashi

      Published by Mojdeh Marashi at Smashwords

      Third Story In What The Doves Said Series

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      What The Doves Said

      The Shenaas-Nameh

      Notes

      About The Author

      The Shenaas-Nameh

      My mom is shuffling the contents of one of the drawers in the kitchen. She is wearing a beautiful green blouse, her favorite color. Her hair, naturally wavy, is cut short framing her face, and her glasses are sliding down a bit. She looks like when she was in her early sixties and I was still living at home.

      Hi Mom. What are you looking for?

      Tape, scotch tape. I thought I had seen a roll here, she says without looking up.

      Sure, there is one there. It might have moved to the back of the drawer. What do you need tape for?

      My Shenaas-Nameh. It is falling apart.

      Oh, I wanted to keep it as is. The way you left it.

      But I meant to glue it together, she says as she picks her head up, adjusts her glass, and looks at me from behind the thick glasses, which make her beautiful brown eyes bigger.

      Mom, it’s fine as is. Let’s just leave it. It won’t fall apart. I promise.

      All right. Whatever you say, Mom says and disappears softly.

      Mom comes and goes as she pleases. Sometimes it feels as if I have control over her appearance since she usually comes whenever I think of her or call

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