Dumas, Firoozeh <br/><br/>
Funny in Farsi :  a memoir of growing up Iranian in America / 
Firoozeh Dumas. 
 - viii, 227 pages :  illustrations ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> "With a new final chapter"--Cover.  This work was originally published in hardcover in slightly different form by Villard Books in 2003. 
<br/><br/>Leffingwell Elementary School -- Hot dogs and wild geese -- In the gutter -- Save me, Mickey -- Swoosh-swoosh -- With a little help from my friends -- Bernice -- A dozen key chains -- You can call me Al -- Of mosquitoes and men -- The "F word" -- Waterloo -- America, land of the free -- The Ham amendment -- Treasure Island -- It's all relatives -- Me and Bob Hope -- I ran and I ran and I ran -- I-raynians need not apply -- Girls just wanna have funds -- Joyeuse Noëlle -- The wedding -- I feel the earth move under my feet -- A nose by any other name -- Judges paid off -- If I were a rich man -- Afterword : Kazem and Nazireh Jazayeri. 
<br/><br/> An autobiography of growing up as an Iranian-American describes the author's family's 1971 move from Iran to Southern California, the members of her diverse family, and their struggle with culture shock. 
<br/><br/> 1030L  Lexile 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0812968379 9780812968378 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Dumas, Firoozeh<br/>Dumas, Firoozeh--Family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Iranian American women--Biography<br/>Iranian Americans--Biography<br/>Immigrants--United States--Biography
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Ābādān (Iran)--Biography.<br/>Whittier (Calif.)--Biography.<br/>United States--Social life and customs--1971-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E184.I5  / D86 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>979.4/90049155/0092