Summary of Ayser Salman's The Wrong End of the Table

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I was three years old when my parents moved me and my brother from Baghdad to Columbus, Ohio. I was taken out of daycare centers because of some incident, and I had to pee in my pants while sitting at the lunch table.
#2 I had a very strong aversion to milk, which led to me not drinking it. I also avoided group restroom times at day care because of the way the kids would play doctor, half the school population lying face-down on the floor with their pants pulled down while the other half sat next to them and lightly spanked them.
#3 I never took to Columbus, Ohio. I had fond memories of driving along the Olentangy River, but that was probably because we were now heading out of the state into our new home of Kentucky. I don’t miss Columbus, except for its awesome COSI and OSU.
#4 My family moved a lot, which was a common occurrence for us. I remember going to different schools every year because my family could not get comfortable in one place.

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Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 27 avril 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669393337
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Ayser Salman's The Wrong End of the Table
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was three years old when my parents moved me and my brother from Baghdad to Columbus, Ohio. I was taken out of daycare centers because of some incident, and I had to pee in my pants while sitting at the lunch table.

#2

I had a very strong aversion to milk, which led to me not drinking it. I also avoided group restroom times at day care because of the way the kids would play doctor, half the school population lying face-down on the floor with their pants pulled down while the other half sat next to them and lightly spanked them.

#3

I never took to Columbus, Ohio. I had fond memories of driving along the Olentangy River, but that was probably because we were now heading out of the state into our new home of Kentucky. I don’t miss Columbus, except for its awesome COSI and OSU.

#4

My family moved a lot, which was a common occurrence for us. I remember going to different schools every year because my family could not get comfortable in one place.

#5

I had come to the United States when I was three years old, and I spoke Arabic. I started school later than most kids because I’d fainted at my kindergarten entrance exam, which prompted the counselor to tell my parents that I wasn’t emotionally ready for school.

#6

My relationship with the opposite sex was shaped by my experience with coins. I was not for sale, and I didn’t want Adam to buy me with gifts. I wanted him to respect me, and that required me to be able to say no.

#7

I want to apologize to Columbus, Ohio, for unfairly attacking it in the first chapter. While I was there, I developed a love for the McDonald’s Egg McMuffin, and I still associate the city with them.

#8

I, along with Sreekanth, enjoyed our fast food even more than nonimmigrants did. We would go to KFC and buy a bucket of chicken and sides, and then mom would make an Arabic meal made up of the Colonel’s chicken doctored with Za’atar spices and with a side of saffron rice and tabbouleh salad.

#9

The fact that you live in a country with a dictatorship is only an inconvenience to you if you’re six or eight years old. You can’t complain about anything to your parents, because they might take away your privileges.

#10

I had a difficult time in school, but I did have one bright spot: Theodore. He was the cutest boy I’d ever seen, and I pined for him in the way you do when you’re an immigrant girl from Iraq who doesn’t speak English.

#11

I was accused of writing the F-word on a piece of paper and giving it to another student, Ian, who was jealous of me. I never wrote the word, and I was never even aware of its existence.

#12

A visionary is someone who sees things others don’t. A defamer is someone who defames others.

#13

I have always been a music lover. I remember my mother telling me that if I was feeling sad or depressed, listening to music would instantly brighten my mood and transport me to a magical place.

#14

I loved music to help me feel at home in a new world. I was uprooted from Baghdad to Columbus, and I needed something familiar to hold onto. My favorite songs helped me feel safe and secure in a foreign land.

#15

My brother and I were both learning English, and our parents were trying to Americanize us. They had gone to college in the United States, and our mom spoke perfect English, but our dad didn’t.

#16

I had moved to Kentucky with my family when I was eight. I had met my first Kentucky friends there, and was enamored with their close-knit religious family. I tried to request adoption from the Packers, but Debbie accused me of being jealous that she got to have homemade chicken and dumplings at their dinner.

#17

The author’s friend, Debbie, was a mean girl who found out that her parents drank coffee, while Mormons are supposed to abstain from the beverage. She raised such a fuss that the Packers, who were quiet and peace-loving people, decided they didn’t want the drama of having an honorary Muslim Mormon daughter.