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Funny in Farsi

A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America

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Funny in Farsi

By: Firoozeh Dumas
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 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.

In a series of deftly drawn scenes Funny in Farsi chronicles the American journey of Dumas' wonderfully engaging family: her engineer father, a sweetly quixotic dreamer who first sought riches on Bowling for Dollars and in Las Vegas; 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.

An unforgettable story of identity, discovery, and the power of family love, Funny in Farsi will leave us all laughing, without an accent.

©2003 Firoozeh Dumas (P)2004 Audible, Inc. Cultural & Regional Emigration & Immigration Women Comedy

Critic Reviews

  • Audie Award Finalist, Biography/Memoir, 2005
  • Thurber Prize Finalist, 2005

"Often hilarious, always interesting....Like the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, this book describes with humor the intersection and overlapping of two cultures." (The Providence Journal)
"A humorous and introspective chronicle of a life filled with love, of family, country, and heritage." (Jimmy Carter)

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Funny, insightful & sometimes sad

A quick & easy to read book with entertaining & educational stories about moving to and growing up in America. Fascinating to hear about the challenges faced as migrants. I think her dad is the star of this book - loved the humour.

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