On the plane ride home that day, I made a small list on a yellow legal pad, issues and questions that we all grapple with, from happiness to aging to having children to death. Of course, there were a million self-help books on these subjects, and plenty of cable TV shows, and $90-per-hour consultation sessions. America had become a Persian bazaar of self-help.
'legal pad
a book containing sheets of yellow writing paper with lines on it, of a type sold in the US
Persian /ˈpɜːrʒən/
relating to Iran, its people, or its language, especially in the time when it was called Persia
Bazaar /bəˈzɑːr/
a market or area where there are a lot of small shops, especially in the Middle East
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