When the two women meet, they feel like their life stories are finally complete and they have a much deeper understanding of themselves and where they “fit” into place. Young Pari, like her Aunt Pari, is suffering from a missing piece in her life as well, absorbed from her father’s loss of his sister. Her niece, Abdullah’s daughter, also named Pari, picks her up from the airport and brings her to her home where she is taking care of her father, who is suffering from dementia. Once she learns of his existence, she searches for him and finds him in the United States. The strong absence she has always felt in her life is the loss of connection with her brother Abdullah. Pari Wahdati arranges a trip to Afghanistan and after seeing her childhood home (the Wahdatis’), she remembers several things, but is still plagued with loss. Markos in Afghanistan reveals a lot of her past, as he reads her a letter left behind by Nabi, her estranged uncle. Pari eventually marries, has three children, and is widowed in her late forties.
She does not know about her real family (her mother, who died during her birth, her father Saboor, and her brother Abdullah) and the nature of her disconnection with her feels disconnected from her ppuzzling mother, Nila. Although we do not learn much about Pari’s upbringing we can sense that Nila withheld a lot of information from Pari and so, Pari feels a large void in her life. Despite acquiring Pari into her life, once Suleiman suffers a stroke, Nila feels unhappy and unfulfilled enough to leave him and move to Paris, taking Pari with her. Suleiman is secretly in love with Nabi, his servant and Pari’s and Abdullah’s uncle, and Nila is a troubled soul. Nila and Suleiman Wahdati have a loveless marriage. However, Abdullah and Pari are incredibly close, and their separation is horrific and life changing. Saboor’s family will get financial help, will have one less mouth to feed, and the Wahdatis will have a child. Because they are poor, and because Saboor hasd already lost a son due to the cold of last winter, he is convinced by Nabi convinces him that selling Pari to the Wahdati family (who cannot have children of their own) to beis the best idea for all of them involved. Wahdati, who had visited their home earlier. Although the children are unaware of the reason forof the trip, they willingly follow their father and their Uncle Nabi to the Wahdati household. The story begins with Saboor and his two children, Abdullah and Pari, taking a journey to Kabul.
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