{"product_id":"funny-in-farsi-a-memoir-of-growing-up-iranian-in-america","title":"Funny in Farsi A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America","description":"n 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. \n\" 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. \nIn 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). \nAbove 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. \nPraise for \"Funny in Farsi\"","brand":"Firoozeh Dumas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45963059134524,"sku":"9780812968378","price":3510.25,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/funny-in-farsi-a-memoir-of-growing-up-iranian-in-america-9780812968378.jpg?v=1786132919","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/funny-in-farsi-a-memoir-of-growing-up-iranian-in-america","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}