Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Introduction; 1. Ancestry; 2. Family; 3. From Birth to Breadwinner; 4. Impressions and Identities; 5. In Sickness and in Health; 6. Old Age; 7. Second Spring; Epilogue; Appendix: Excerpts from the Endowment Deed of the Atik Valide Vakf?; References; Index.