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SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:=22Funny in Farsi=3A A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America=22 by Firoozeh Dumas
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In 1972=2C when she was seven=2C Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California=2C arriving with no firsthand knowledge of this country beyond her father=3Fs glowing memories of his graduate school years here=2E More family soon followed=2C and the clan has been here ever since=2E =0D=0DFunny in Farsi chronicles the American journey of Dumas=3Fs wonderfully engaging family=3A her engineer father=2C a sweetly quixotic dreamer who first sought riches on Bowling for Dollars and in Las Vegas=2C and later lost his job during the Iranian revolution=3B her elegant mother=2C who never fully mastered English =28nor cared to=29=3B her uncle=2C who combated the effects of American fast food with an army of miraculous American weight-loss gadgets=3B and Firoozeh herself=2C who as a girl changed her name to Julie=2C and who encountered a second wave of culture shock when she met and married a Frenchman=2C becoming part of a one-couple melting pot=2E =0D=0DIn a series of deftly drawn scenes=2C we watch the family grapple with American English =28hot dogs and hush puppies=3F=3Fa complete mystery=29=2C American traditions =28Thanksgiving turkey=3F=3Fan even greater mystery=2C since it tastes like nothing=29=2C and American culture =28Firoozeh=3Fs parents laugh uproariously at Bob Hope on television=2C although they don=3Ft get the jokes even when she translates them into Farsi=29=2E=0D=0DAbove all=2C this is an unforgettable story of identity=2C discovery=2C and the power of family love=2E It is a book that will leave us all laughing=3Fwithout an accent=2E=0D
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