Even though her mom didn’t speak the language, she saw how their neighbors and family of classmates would show so much kindness and generosity to her daughter.because of the kindness of all of the people around them Even though she thought her mother would love returning to Iran, her mother actually loved living in the U.S.I’m pretty excited to read this book because it sounds super interesting and I love books that make me laugh while I’m listening to them. She specifically mentioned that this author has a potential to be a comic as well. She also loves reading and follows my blog, which I’m super appreciative of her for 🙏 She specifically mentioned how she loves books by comedians, and referenced this book as being very funny. This book was recommended to me by one of my close dance friends from college. 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.Īn unforgettable story of identity, discovery, and the power of family love, Funny in Farsi will leave us all laughing without an accent.” -Audible “In 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. Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas Synopsis:

Funny in farsi by firoozeh dumas