Beginning ~ with humor

Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America ~ by Firoozeh Dumas, 2003, memoir (California), 9/10

"When I was seven, my parents, my fourteen-year-old brother, Farshid, and I moved from Abadan, Iran, to Whittier, California.  Farid, the older of my two brothers, had been sent to Philadelphia the year before to attend high school.  Like most Iranian youths, he had always dreamed of attending college abroad and, despite my mother's tears, had left us to live with my uncle and his American wife.  I, too, had been sad at Farid's departure, but my sorrow soon faded — not coincidentally, with the receipt of a package from him.  Suddenly, having my brother on a different continent seemed like a small price to pay for owning a Barbie complete with a carrying case and four outfits, including the rain gear and mini umbrella."

I love her sense of humor.  Having a Barbie is, of course, much more important to a six-year-old than having a big brother at home.  I consider this an excellent book beginning.

 
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