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100 1 _aDumas, Firoozeh
245 1 0 _aFunny in Farsi :
_ba memoir of growing up Iranian in America /
_cFiroozeh Dumas.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bRandom House Trade Paperbacks,
_c2004.
300 _aviii, 227 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c21 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"With a new final chapter"--Cover.
500 _aThis work was originally published in hardcover in slightly different form by Villard Books in 2003.
505 0 _aLeffingwell 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.
520 _aAn 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.
521 8 _a1030L
_bLexile
526 0 _aAccelerated Reader AR
_bUG
_c7.3
_d9
_z76686.
600 1 0 _aDumas, Firoozeh
600 1 0 _aDumas, Firoozeh
_xFamily.
650 0 _aIranian American women
_vBiography
650 0 _aIranian Americans
_vBiography
650 0 _aImmigrants
_zUnited States
_vBiography
651 0 _aĀbādān (Iran)
_vBiography.
651 0 _aWhittier (Calif.)
_vBiography.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial life and customs
_y1971-
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_cEB