Chapter 16

"It's as if Ma and Abba were still in Bangladesh riding in a flat bottomed boat in the night, and Aisha was the magic girl who lived above the dark tree branches and lit the way, leading us down the complicated bends. Now all the stars are no more than rubber stickers pasted on a ceiling; they've come unfastened and they're whirling around one another, not sure which will settle where." (p.137)

When I read this it made me think about how Nadira seems like the older sister now instead of Aisha. It also makes me think about how Aisha and Abba have kind of given up. Until Nadira says that Aisha needs to be stronger. Like when she says:

"You gave up because everything stopped being easy. Just because you couldn't conquer this thing like you always did. I think, Aisha, that you're always thinking about doing or saying the right thing." (p.147)

Aisha used to be the one that Abba was proud of and always said the right thing, but now she's falling apart. Nadira is picking her back up and helping her to not give up. I think that Nadira and Aisha will be able to get through this.