25.back in new jersey 26.jordan revisited 27.social networking : meals 28.shopping in jordan 29.heading out west 30.california and life in the valley 31.chess and the refinery 32.san francisco and the cult 33.the taxi driver 34.time to grow up 35.love blossoms at the theater 36.tying the knot 37.losing parents 38.arab culture and hospitality 39.going our separate ways images epilogue prologue the middle east my paternal grandmother was short .