title: Memories for My Grandchild: A Grandmother's Keepsake Journal
author:  Lena Tabori 
description: The beauty of this journal is its only drawback. A grandmother might hesitate to begin the recording process for fear of making a mistake. A blank journal is no journal at all, though, so grandmothers should take the plunge, knowing that something imperfect created by a grandmother is more precious than something perfect that is untouched by a loving hand.<br /> -<i>About</i>.com, Susan Adcox
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  DAVID IGNATIUS
  
  
  SIRO
  
  
  A NOVEL
  
  
  W. W. NORTON & COMPANY
  
  
  NEW YORK LONDON
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication](Contents.xhtml#bded)
  
  
  For the memory of my grandparents  
  And for Eve, Elisa, Alexandra and Sarah
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  
  [Cover](cover.xhtml)
  
  
  [Title Page](title.xhtml)
  
  
  [Dedication](ded.xhtml#aded)
  
  
  [OUR GODS](fm.xhtml#afm)
  
  
  [I: AMY L. GUNDERSON: WASHINGTON / SAMARKAND (JANUARY
  1979)](part1.xhtml#apart1)
  
  
  [1](ch01.xhtml#ach01)
  
  
  [2](ch02.xhtml#ach02)
  
  
  [3](ch03.xhtml#ach03)
  
  
  [II: AMOS B. GARRETT: ISTANBUL / WASHINGTON (JANUARY 23–26,
  1979)](part2.xhtml#apart2)
  
  
  [4](ch04.xhtml#ach04)
  
  
  [5](ch05.xhtml#ach05)
  
  
  [6](ch06.xhtml#ach06)
  
  
  [7](ch07.xhtml#ach07)
  
  
  [8](ch08.xhtml#ach08)
  
  
  [9](ch09.xhtml#ach09)
  
  
  [10](ch10.xhtml#ach10)
  
  
  [III: SDROTTEN: LONDON / ISTANBUL (FEBRUARY–MARCH 1979)](part3.xhtml#apart3)
  
  
  [11](ch11.xhtml#ach11)
  
  
  [12](ch12.xhtml#ach12)
  
  
  [13](ch13.xhtml#ach13)
  
  
  [14](ch14.xhtml#ach14)
  
  
  [15](ch15.xhtml#ach15)
  
  
  [16](ch16.xhtml#ac