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Fedora

This object is a symbol of the grooming that occurs in the timeline of sexual abuse levied against children by pedophiles. When Uncle returned from serving in the Korean War, Leila was delighted to find that he was very nice and that he paid special attention to her. Ignored within her own home, Uncle knew that Leila would be receptive to the sort of grooming he did during the extended family's vacation on the Mediteranean Sea.

Lemon-Sugar Mixture

This object symbolizes the deep connection between memory and the sense of smell. Leila used to look forward to the day each month when her mothers' friends would engage in their communal session of leg-waxing. The smell of this object is strongly connected in Leila's mind, even after death, with Bizzan's revelation to six-year-old Leila that she was her biological mother, rather than Suzan, since it was on a...

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