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  1. Cover
  2. PRAISE FOR The Wild Ones
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. The Beginning, or How Paheli Became the First Wild One; With a Cameo by Taraana, the Boy Made of Stars.
  7. An Introduction; Hold On to Your Hats.
  8. The Sweetness in the Sugarcane, or The Impractical Nature of Immortality
  9. Paheli: The Vagrant Experiences of a Mango Addict
  10. Cotton Candy Sugar Screams
  11. From the Book of MEMORIES
  12. “Will You Walk into My Parlor?” Said the Spider to the Fly.
  13. The Best Ice Cream in the World, Teddy Bears, and a Tree Creature.
  14. From the Book of MEMORIES
  15. I.
  16. The Reappearance of the Boy Made of Stars and the Plight of the Girl by the Oleander Lane.
  17. Paheli: An Interlude in Blue
  18. Besieged in the Between
  19. Tea, the City of Stairs, and the Story of a Boy
  20. From the Book of MEMORIES
  21. Heartbreak, Stone Buildings, and Tandoori
  22. Observations, Conversations, and Hot Parantha
  23. Paheli: The Spies Who Came In from the Between
  24. From the Book of MEMORIES
  25. The French Quarter, the Spanish Half, and Eulalie
  26. Paheli: The Eggplant Overture
  27. Sunny Jelly Beans, Po’Boys, and “Alouette”
  28. From the Book of MEMORIES
  29. The Keeper of the Green and the Mysteries of Magic
  30. Blood and the Between
  31. The Library of the Lost and the Stories of the Silenced
  32. Walking in Wicked Ways or The Importance of Balık Ekmek
  33. From the Book of MEMORIES
  34. Looking for the Needle in the Haystack
  35. Paheli: The Peculiar Crackle in the Electricity
  36. Ten Degrees Past Despair
  37. The Fault in the Stars
  38. The Blue City in the Mountains
  39. Paheli: Disharmony in the Attics
  40. From the Book of MEMORIES
  41. Paheli: Continued
  42. The Politics of a Body, the Politics of Pleasure
  43. The Medina, the Riad, and the Red City
  44. Paheli: The Atlas Mountains, the Cozy Rooftop, and the Confession, Possibly of Love
  45. From the Book of MEMORIES
  46. Souks, Spices, and Survival: A Guide into Chaos
  47. Jemaa el-Fna: The Mosque at the End of the World
  48. Paheli: A Moment in Chartreuse
  49. From the Book of MEMORIES
  50. Paheli: On the Frailties of the Heart
  51. Sonagi, or A Sudden Rain
  52. Paheli: The Cheese in the Trap
  53. Paheli: The Maze and the Minotaur
  54. A New Era, a New Dar; the River Sings
  55. The Burning Door, the Fallen City, and Taraana 2.0
  56. Paheli: The Beginning of Forever
  57. From the Book of MEMORIES
  58. Moving One Rock at a Time Will Eventually Move a Mountain, aka Goodbye
  59. Acknowledgments
  60. More from the Author
  61. About the Author

No book ever reaches the shelf due to the author alone. So many people are involved at each stage. Thank you to Karen Wojtyla, my editor, for loving The Wild Ones. Your insight and suggestions were so necessary and made the book what it is. Thank you for loving Taraana. Thank you also to Nicole Fiorica, whose suggestions and comments helped me look at the story in a different light and thus, made it better. Thank you to Alex Cabal for the beautiful cover and Sonia Chaghatzbanian for the jacket design. They are everything I wanted them to be. Thank you to my copy editor, Rebecca Vitkus. Your eye for detail is exemplary.

The Wild Ones was not an easy book to write. I had to excavate parts of my life that I wished to bury away forever. Some days were much more difficult than others. At those times, I had my own pack, my friends, who, whether knowingly or not, offered me support. Thank you, Teng Teng. For the talks, the snark, and for identifying all those Hollywood people I don’t recognize. Karuna Riazi (you are amazing, I love you!), Axie Oh (thank you for reading an early copy and cheering me on), and Kat Cho, thank you. Also, thank you to Karuna’s mama who gave me such a warm hug that day in New York that I still think of. Thank you to Roselle Lim and Judy Lin, we didn’t eat nearly enough on our retreat. Let’s do it again one day when the world makes much more sense. Thank you to Jasdeep for your kindness. Thank you to Shveta Thakrar for being the awesome person you are. Thank you to Janet, your baked goods are my fave, Jane, my fave picture book author, and Yash, my fave person to write with. Thank you to Lana Wood Johnson and Mason Deaver for listening to my mumblings about that certain thing. Thank you to Adib Khorram, Julian Winters, Lu Brooks, Tessa Gratton, Melody, Natalie C. Parker, Rena, and Ronni for listening and advising. Thank you to Sabina Khan. I can’t wait to meet for coffee and gupshup soon. Thank you to Rossi, who keeps things real and me humble. Thank you to Laura J. Rinaldi, who I only know through the internet, but whose support and kindness humbles me. Thank you also to Erin, whose enthusiasm and encouragement keep me writing.