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Teaser Tuesdays: Funny in Farsi, by Firoozeh Dumas

Posted by on Tuesday, 21 April 2009

On Teaser Tuesdays readers are asked to:

  • Grab your current read.
  • Let the book fall open to a random page.
  • Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between 7 and 12 lines.
  • You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given.

My teasers are:

In 1977, the Shah and his wife were scheduled to come to America to meet the newly elected president, Jimmy Carter. Very few Iranians lifed in America then, and those of us who did were invited to go to Washington, D.C., to welcome the Shah. The Iranian government would cover all expenses.

My father accepted the invitation. My brothers reacted with a few choice words.
from Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America, p. 111, by Firoozeh Dumas

2 Responses to Teaser Tuesdays: Funny in Farsi, by Firoozeh Dumas

  1. Erica

    SOunds interesting, like a different read for me, but still good!

  2. Nise'

    Interesting time in history! Great tease.