{"product_id":"funny-in-farsi-a-memoir-of-growing-up-iranian-in-america-paperback","title":"Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFiroozeh Dumas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBESTSELLER - Finalist for the PEN\/USA Award in Creative Nonfiction, the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and the Audie Award in Biography\/Memoir\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Random House Reader's Circle edition includes a reading group guide and a conversation between Firoozeh Dumas and Khaled Hosseini, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Kite Runner\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Remarkable . . . told with wry humor shorn of sentimentality . . . In the end, what sticks with the reader is an exuberant immigrant embrace of America.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e Funny in Farsi\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the American journey of Dumas's wonderfully engaging family: her engineer father, a sweetly quixotic dreamer who first sought riches on \u003ci\u003eBowling for Dollars\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a series of deftly drawn scenes, we watch the family grapple with American English (hot dogs and hush puppies?--a complete mystery), American traditions (Thanksgiving turkey?--an even greater mystery, since it tastes like nothing), and American culture (Firoozeh's parents laugh uproariously at Bob Hope on television, although they don't get the jokes even when she translates them into Farsi). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Above all, this is an unforgettable story of identity, discovery, and the power of family love. It is a book that will leave us all laughing--without an accent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eFunny in Farsi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Heartfelt and hilarious--in any language.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A joyful success.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"What's charming beyond the humor of this memoir is that it remains affectionate even in the weakest, most tenuous moments for the culture. It's the brilliance of true sophistication at work.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Often hilarious, always interesting . . . Like the movie \u003ci\u003eMy Big Fat Greek Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e, this book describes with humor the intersection and overlapping of two cultures.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Providence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A humorous and introspective chronicle of a life filled with love--of family, country, and heritage.\"\u003cb\u003e--Jimmy Carter\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Delightfully refreshing.\"\u003cb\u003e--Milwaukee \u003ci\u003eJournal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \u003ci\u003eFunny in Farsi\u003c\/i\u003e] brings us closer to discovering what it means to be an American.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003cbr\u003eFunny 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. \u003cbr\u003eIn a series of deftly drawn scenes, we watch the family grapple with American English (hot dogs and hush puppies?--a complete mystery), American traditions (Thanksgiving turkey?--an even greater mystery, since it tastes like nothing), and American culture (Firoozeh's parents laugh uproariously at Bob Hope on television, although they don't get the jokes even when she translates them into Farsi). \u003cbr\u003eAbove all, this is an unforgettable story of identity, discovery, and the power of family love. It is a book that will leave us all laughing--without an accent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFiroozeh Dumas\u003c\/b\u003e, now divorced, lives in California, where she continues to tell stories. An entire generation of American school children have now read Firoozeh's stories and have seen their own families represented and reflected. 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