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Funny in Farsi: a memoir of growing up Iranian in America
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Published:
New York : Villard, [2003].
Physical Desc:
x, 187 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure:
1030L
Status:
Bemis Biography
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Description

In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California, arriving with no firsthand knowledge of this country beyond her father's glowing memories of his graduate school years here. More family soon followed, and the clan has been here ever since. Funny in Farsi chronicles the American journey of Dumas's wonderfully engaging family: her engineer father, a sweetly quixotic dreamer who first sought riches on Bowling for Dollars and in Las Vegas, and later lost his job during the Iranian revolution; her elegant mother, who never fully mastered English (nor cared to); her uncle, who combated the effects of American fast food with an army of miraculous American weight-loss gadgets; and Firoozeh herself, who as a girl changed her name to Julie, and who encountered a second wave of culture shock when she met and married a Frenchman, becoming part of a one-couple melting pot.

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Format:
Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Language:
English
ISBN:
1400060400, 9781400060405
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 7.3, 9 Points
Lexile measure:
1030

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Description
In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California, arriving with no firsthand knowledge of this country beyond her father's glowing memories of his graduate school years here. More family soon followed, and the clan has been here ever since. Funny in Farsi chronicles the American journey of Dumas's wonderfully engaging family: her engineer father, a sweetly quixotic dreamer who first sought riches on Bowling for Dollars and in Las Vegas, and later lost his job during the Iranian revolution; her elegant mother, who never fully mastered English (nor cared to); her uncle, who combated the effects of American fast food with an army of miraculous American weight-loss gadgets; and Firoozeh herself, who as a girl changed her name to Julie, and who encountered a second wave of culture shock when she met and married a Frenchman, becoming part of a one-couple melting pot.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Dumas, F. (2003). Funny in Farsi: a memoir of growing up Iranian in America. New York, Villard.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Dumas, Firoozeh. 2003. Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America. New York, Villard.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Dumas, Firoozeh, Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America. New York, Villard, 2003.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Dumas, Firoozeh. Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America. New York, Villard, 2003.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

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