Introduction: We live and die by stories --
Part one: Abrahamic faith. Go from your father's house : moving to new and unknown places --
Rambunctious monotheism : the feminine face of God --
Part two: Hagar. The biblical story : a matriarch on par with a patriarch --
The mother of Islam : looking for Hagar in the Qur'an, a tattoo parlor, and an art gallery --
Full faith and effort : where I meet a feminist Muslim scholar -- Iftar : visiting a mosque with my daughter --
Part three: Esther. The biblical story : the Jewish heroine who reclaims Eros --
Purim : the farce awakens --
Shoah : scapegoating and status-seeking --
Part four: Mary. The biblical story : the subversive Mother of God --
The shape-shifting queen : goddesses, Guadalupe, and grandmas