Late for Tea at the Deer Palace

by Chalabi, Tamara

• ISBN13: 9780061240409
• ISBN10: 0061240400
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-01-31
• Publisher: Perennial

Summary

Just ten days after Baghdad's fall in 2003, Tamara Chalabi arrived in the city after a lifetime in exile-finally entering the homeland she'd known only through stories and her own imagination.

Author Biography

Tamara Chalabi holds a PhD in history from Harvard University. She has written for The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, Slate, and The Sunday Times, among other publications.

Table of Contents

Maps	p. x
Family tree	p. xiv
Chronology	p. xvii
Prologue	p. xxv
Fallen Pomegranates
December 2007	p. 3
Duty Calls: A Busy Day for Abdul Hussein (1913)	p. 5
Stacking Rifles: Hadi and the War (1914-1916)	p. 23
All That is Good Will Happen: A Marriage Prospect (1916)	p. 35
Sugared Almonds and Jasmine: Bibi and Hadi's Wedding (1916)	p. 46
A Giant Broken: The End of the Ottomans (1917-1918)	p. 58
November 1999, Beirut	p. 69
Replanting Eden
September 2005	p. 73
Cafe Chantant: The British in Baghdad (1918)	p. 77
Rebellion: Fighting for Freedom (1919-1920)	p. 86
A New King for a New Country: From Mesopotamia to Iraq (1920-1921)	p. 95
Fesanjoon, a Royal Luncheon: Faisal Visits Kazimiya (1921)	p. 102
Banished: Out of Kazimiya (1922-1924)	p. 108
Accidents of Nature: The Baghdad Boil (1925-1926)	p. 117
In Between: A Home Between Two Cities (1926-1929)	p. 126
Stolen Hopes: A Young Life Lost (1928-1929)	p. 136
Bursting Energy: Hadi's Growing Empire (1931-1933)	p. 142
Prison: Uninvited Guests at a Feast (1935-1936)	p. 149
Carefree: Growing Up in the Golden Age (1936-1938)	p. 161
A Dark Cloud: The End of a Generation (1938-1939)	p. 173
A New Home: The Shadow of Death (1937-1939)	p. 179
October 2006	p. 185
A Dangerous Garden
May 1993	p. 189
Mountains and Floods: Domestic Changes (1939-1941)	p. 191
Blood and Salons: Mounting Tensions (1941)	p. 202
An Education Overseas: Mixed Fortunes (1941-1945)	p. 212
Love in Strange Quarters: Of Marriage and Other Unions (1946-1947)	p. 223
The Girl on the Bridge: Anger on the Streets (1947-1949)	p. 229
Precious Things: Towards a New World (1950-1951)	p. 235
Storm Clouds Gathering: Family Feuds and Revolution (1952-1956)	p. 245
Defiance: A Crisis and a Key (1956)	p. 255
Revolution: Slaughter of a Family (1958)	p. 260
February 2005, Sadr City	p. 279
Fields of Wilderness
December 2007	p. 283
Lost Lands: Seeking Shelter (1958)	p. 285
Migration: Precious Cargo (1958)	p. 289
Hunger Pangs: Yearning for Home (1958)	p. 296
Arrivals and Departures: The Importance of Contacts (1958-1959)	p. 298
Escape to Nowhere: The Threat of the Clown Court (1959)	p. 308
A Temporary Home: Visits to the Park (1959)	p. 312
Return to the Shrine: A Life by the Sea (1959-1963)	p. 316
Of Carpets and New Blood: The Emergence of New Patterns (1967)	p. 325
The Ruins of Kufa: A Coup and a Birth (1968-1972)	p. 333
Civil War: A Shattered Sanctuary (1975-1981)	p. 338
Creased Maps: A Move to a Different Land (1980s)	p. 343
Lessons in Humility: The Loss of Everything Precious (1980s)	p. 350
The Mortality of Gods: Burials of the Banished (1988)	p. 357
The Lost Talisman: When Everything is Taken (1989-1992)	p. 363
A Question of Identity: In Search of a Way to Be (1990-2009)	p. 370
January 2005, Election Day in Baghdad	p. 383
Epilogue	p. 385
Glossary of Iraqi Terms	p. 389
List of Illustrations	p. 397
Acknowledgements	p. 399
Index	p. 403
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