New York: Simon & Schuster, (2023). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a story of an Iranian American girl whose father told her stories beginning "Once was, once wasn't." After his death she discovers that he father was secretly a veterinarian to mythical creatures like the ones in his stories, and despite the dangers she must take his place. SIGNED on the second title page in both Farsi and English. 406 pp.