{"product_id":"funny-in-farsi-memoir-firoozeh-dumas-9780812968378","title":"Funny in Farsi | Firoozeh Dumas","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFunny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America | Firoozeh Dumas\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew York Times Bestseller\u003cb\u003e • 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\n\u003cp\u003eThis Random House Reader’s Circle edition includes a reading group guide and a conversation between\u003cstrong\u003e Firoozeh Dumas \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eKhaled Hosseini\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Kite Runner\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Remarkable . . . told with wry humor shorn of sentimentality . . . In the end, what sticks with the reader is an exuberant immigrant embrace of America.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1972, when she was seven,\u003cstrong\u003e Firoozeh Dumas\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFunny 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\n\u003ch3\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eFunny in Farsi\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Heartfelt and hilarious—in any language.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Glamour\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A joyful success.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Newsday\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\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.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Often hilarious, always interesting . . . Like the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, this book describes with humor the intersection and overlapping of two cultures.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The Providence Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A humorous and introspective chronicle of a life filled with love—of family, country, and heritage.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jimmy Carter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Delightfully refreshing.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“[Funny in Farsi] brings us closer to discovering what it means to be an American.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—San Jose Mercury News\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51512060707131,"sku":"0812968379","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780812968378.jpg?v=1785682725","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/funny-in-farsi-memoir-firoozeh-dumas-9780812968378","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}