Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad
A Nonfiction, Humor, Autobiography book. Here, those kids are called nerds and geeks and dorks. This may be...
In the bestselling memoir Funny in Farsi, Firoozeh Dumas recounted her adventures growing up Iranian American in Southern California. Now she again mines her rich Persian heritage in Laughing Without an Accent, sharing stories both tender and humorous on being a citizen of the world, on her well-meaning family, and on amusing cultural conundrums, all told with insights into the universality of the human condition. (Hint: It may have to do with brushing and flossing daily.)With dry wit and a bold spirit, Dumas puts her own unique mark on the themes of family, community, and tradition. She braves the uncommon palate of her...
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- Pages: 226 pages
- ISBN: 9780345499561 / 345499565
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Most immigrants agree that at some point, we become permanent foreigners, belonging neither here nor there. Many tomes have been written trying to describe this feeling of floating between worlds but never fully landing. Artists, using every known medium from words to film to Popsicle sticks, have attempted to encapsulate the struggle of trying to hang on to the solid ground of our mother culture and realizing that we are merely in a pond balancing on a lily pad with a big kid about to belly-flop right in. If and when we fall into this pond, will we... They have never heard of Lindsay Lohan. They are blessed. Firoozeh Dumas, Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad . . . to deny someone an education is not just a crime but a sin, because you are denying that person the opportunity to realize who he or she is meant to be. Firoozeh Dumas, Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of a Global Citizen
Any and all Now I have to go back and read Funny in Farsi because I enjoyed this book so much! Firoozeh Dumas has so many funny stories to share about the quirks of her Iranian immigrant family, and she focuses on how her native and adopted cultures are more alike and can share more than they think. Mothers are mothers in every culture, and relatives... Firoozeh Dumas has done it again--her gentle humor is revealed through each of the short stories detailing her life experiences as an Iranian-American, and the quirks of her extended, supportive family. Sort of like a female, Iranian-American David Sedaris with a little less bite.Here are some of my favorite parts:"When Farshid and...
