
Funny in Farsi
A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
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Firoozeh Dumas
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Firoozeh Dumas
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.
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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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The authors readingWho was your favorite character and why?
Firoozeh. She adapted her culture to the US with such aplomb.What does Firoozeh Dumas bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I loved her voice inflection and obvious enjoyment of her material.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
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I listened to this book because I have a son in law who is half Iranian. I was quickly caught up in Firoozeh's story and enjoyed her honest, frank, depiction of her family's trying (or not) to adapt to the USA. It was very enjoyable. I recommended it to my son in law's family. I think it is definitely a women's book.An Interesting and Fun Look at Another Culture-
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Funny in Farsi
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