Another Pan by Daniel Nayeri & Dina Nayeri

Author:Daniel Nayeri & Dina Nayeri [Nayeri, Daniel & Nayeri, Dina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Young Adult, Fantasy, Juvenile Fiction, Romance, Private schools, Folklore & Mythology, People & Places, Mythology; Egyptian, School & Education
ISBN: 9780763637125
Google: dCvpqLq4tdgC
Goodreads: 6762468
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2010-09-14T00:00:00+00:00

THE THIRD LEGEND

An identity is a precious thing. If a person is robbed of her place in this world, of her one chance to shape the world in her own unique way, if her fingerprints are obliterated as though she never touched the earth, a bitterness builds inside.

So goes the story of one family with a curse on its line, of Elan’s dark legacy, full of the cruelest injustices. The house that cannot die. Their stolen lives linger on, still flowing in their bones. Life has been mummified inside them, forming an ever-living bonedust — a new kind of immortality.

Harere was born two hundred years after Garosh. Descended from another of Jobey’s sons, she was raised the beloved daughter of an Egyptian merchant. Throughout her village, Harere was known for being the most gentle, the most faithful, and during her youth she had many offers of marriage. Her father turned down each suitor, none of whom was worthy of his younger daughter. But Harere had a lover named Seth.

Harere’s older sister, Nailah, on the other hand, was given to her first suitor, a brutal rival merchant whose only thoughts were of swelling his coffers and fathering many sons.

Soon, the family became aware that Nailah was barren. Many months passed without a pregnancy, and she was universally considered a failure in the village community. After that, Nailah’s nights grew dark and she was often seen at the family table with her face completely covered, the blue skin around her eyes the only sign of her husband’s cruel hand. Harere, who had a good and noble heart, suffered along with her sister. She went to her late one night when Nailah’s husband was away, and she offered to help, whatever the cost to herself.

The sisters concocted a plan. Harere would take Nailah’s place for two years, time enough to bear two healthy children. The two women were similar in size and shape. They had the same dark hair, the same sun-browned skin. Harere would cover her face at first, claiming modesty. Nailah’s husband would never notice.

The sisters put this plan into motion immediately, giving Harere only enough time to say farewell to her lover. One winter morning, draped in her sister’s rich clothes, she kissed Seth good-bye and promised to return and to marry him after two years, if he would only wait. She did not tell him of her secret errand but bade him to trust her and be patient.

Nailah’s husband never questioned Harere’s identity, and she became pregnant right away. The family celebrated Nailah’s good fortune and was none the wiser, since both sisters covered their faces in public.

Halfway through Harere’s first pregnancy, their father grew suspicious of Nailah in her role as Harere. She was much less patient, her manner much more reserved, than the Harere he knew. Nailah grew alarmed as her father began to suspect her identity. So, as a precaution, the two sisters decided that the false Harere should run away. She should hide in the

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