Felicitous Fates

Felicitous Fates is the third volume of a trilogy about Masoud and the Crawford families. The patriarch of the Masoud family, Pamir, was a physician who trained in England before return- ing to Afghanistan to aid his homeland and raise his children. Pamir's wife, Madeena, was a mathematician who taught at uni- versity level in the pre-Taliban era. We tend to forget that this beleaguered country once had a substantial secular population

Felicitous Fates is the third volume of a trilogy about Masoud and the Crawford families. The patriarch of the Masoud family, Pamir, was a physician who trained in England before return- ing to Afghanistan to aid his homeland and raise his children. Pamir's wife, Madeena, was a mathematician who taught at uni- versity level in the pre-Taliban era. We tend to forget that this beleaguered country once had a substantial secular population

om Corbett is emeritus Senior Scientist and an affiliate of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he served as Associate and Acting Director for a decade before his retirement. He received a Doctorate in Social Welfare from the University of Wisconsin and taught various social policy and program evaluation courses there for many years. During his long academic and policy career, he worked with governments at all levels including a stint in Washington D.C. where he helped develop President Clinton's welfare reform legislation. He has written dozens of articles and reports on poverty, social policy, and human services issues and given hundreds of talks across the nation on these topics. In addition, Dr. Corbett has consulted with numerous local, state, and federal officials on various poverty, welfare, and human services issues both in the United States and Canada. Among many other things, he has testified before Congress, worked with the Wisconsin Legislature on important legislation, and served on an expert panel for the National Academy of Sciences. His most recent works include The Boat Captain's Conundrum, Browsing through My Candy Store, Ouch, Now I remember, and The Other Side of the World. Now retired, the author lives with his wife of 45 years, Mary Rider, and their lovable Shih Tzu dog, Rascal, in Madison Wisconsin.