Miriam is a young teenager now and has new problems to face in her everyday life. After being able to go into town more frequently, she relates to a girl around her age at a showing and makes her first friend. Having this happen brings up the confidence that has been buried inside her. Getting more and more rebellious, Miriam sneaks around with Sara frequently. She and Sara’s conversations are intellectual and not completely based on religion. This ages Miriam as she acts a few years older than her age, but nothing matures her more than when her family needs her. With Tsila pregnant and Aaron laid off, they help Miriam get a job around the village. Despite everyone’s opinion of her, Miriam walks with her head high when she feels the weight
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Their friendship is ironic in the way that they both admire each other for what they dislike –or lack in themselves – but they both see each other as superior. The farther along Tsila gets in her pregnancy, the worse it looks health wise. When Bayla visits her newly pregnant sister out of concern, the unsuperstitious Tsila bakes the same cookies she made when Miriam first came into their house, and almost to die a few days later – this only makes us think: would this bring misfortune onto her unborn child? Around this time, Miriam gets a pang of anxiety recalling reeds gathered from poor soil. This happens to me several times a day, feeling intense fear for unprovoked reasons or irrational reasons. Aaron searches tirelessly for a new job and finds one working for Noam, who works him very hard. Through her job, Miriam hears the gossip of how Noam had courted her mother before Aaron did. Noam initially scared Miriam, but sympathy soon follows and she views him differently after learning about both his and her mother’s unfortunate childhood.
When Miriam’s job requires her to read the potentially good news to a mother from her son’s prison, Miriam is tested. The letter reads of death, instead of dating when her son would return to her after a decade in prison. I respected that Miriam read out the letter word for word, and after the deed was done instead of fleeing like she wanted
Their friendship is ironic in the way that they both admire each other for what they dislike –or lack in themselves – but they both see each other as superior. The farther along Tsila gets in her pregnancy, the worse it looks health wise. When Bayla visits her newly pregnant sister out of concern, the unsuperstitious Tsila bakes the same cookies she made when Miriam first came into their house, and almost to die a few days later – this only makes us think: would this bring misfortune onto her unborn child? Around this time, Miriam gets a pang of anxiety recalling reeds gathered from poor soil. This happens to me several times a day, feeling intense fear for unprovoked reasons or irrational reasons. Aaron searches tirelessly for a new job and finds one working for Noam, who works him very hard. Through her job, Miriam hears the gossip of how Noam had courted her mother before Aaron did. Noam initially scared Miriam, but sympathy soon follows and she views him differently after learning about both his and her mother’s unfortunate childhood.
When Miriam’s job requires her to read the potentially good news to a mother from her son’s prison, Miriam is tested. The letter reads of death, instead of dating when her son would return to her after a decade in prison. I respected that Miriam read out the letter word for word, and after the deed was done instead of fleeing like she wanted