Funny in Farsi: a memoir of growing up Iranian in America
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, [2008].
Physical Desc:
viii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure:
1030L
Status:
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
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780812968378, 0812968379
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 7.3, 9 Points
Level 7.3, 9 Points
Lexile measure:
1030
Notes
General Note
"Reader's circle"-Cover.
General Note
This work was originally published in hardcover in slightly different form by Villard Books in 2003.
General Note
Includes a preview of Firoozeh Dumas' new book Laughing without an accent (p. [215]-227)
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APA Citation (style guide)
Dumas, F. (2008). Funny in Farsi: a memoir of growing up Iranian in America. New York, Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Dumas, Firoozeh. 2008. Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America. New York, Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Dumas, Firoozeh, Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America. New York, Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008.
MLA Citation (style guide)Dumas, Firoozeh. Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America. New York, Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008.
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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