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1. Why does Isabel bring a trunk to Amal?

Isabel brings Amal a trunk she found in New York that had once belonged to Isabel's great-grandmother, Anna Winterbourne. The trunk is filled with letters, journals and documents saved by Isabel's great-grandmother when she lived in Egypt. Since many of the documents are written in Arabic, a language Isabel cannot read, Isabel brings the trunk to Amal in order to have the documents translated. Isabel hopes her great-grandmother's journals and letters will provide insight into her own ancestry.

2. How is Anna described in Chapter 1?

Anna Winterbourne is a young English woman trapped in a cold marriage to an English soldier. Both of Anna's parents are dead and she leans on her father-in-law, Sir Charles, for emotional support. Anna confesses her feelings in her journals, which fill a trunk found by her great-granddaughter Isabel. Many of Anna's journals are written in Arabic.

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