02828nam 2200625 a 450 991077901990332120230802004948.01-59332-598-3(CKB)2550000000100464(EBL)1057853(OCoLC)796999347(SSID)ssj0000655253(PQKBManifestationID)12244874(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655253(PQKBWorkID)10595794(PQKB)10904411(MiAaPQ)EBC1057853(Au-PeEL)EBL1057853(CaPaEBR)ebr10562077(EXLCZ)99255000000010046420120423d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDesert roots[electronic resource] journey of an Iranian immigrant family /Mitra Karbassi ShavariniEl Paso, Tex. LFB Scholarly Pub.20121 online resource (260 p.)The New Americans: Recent Immigration and American SocietyDescription based upon print version of record.1-59332-499-5 CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Desert Roots; Introduction; Chapter 1: Ghorbat; Chapter 2: Eshgh; Chapter 3: Tasbih; Chapter 4: Shimr; Chapter 5: Vatan Parast; Chapter 6: Curse; Chapter 7: Soghra; Chapter 8: Brother; Chapter 9: Kambiz; Chapter 10: Doors; Chapter 11: IranDesert Roots is the true story of the author's parents who, after being self-imposed exiles from their native Iran for 33 years, decided to leave the United States and return to their homeland. In this family biography, Shavarini explores the issues that brought them to America-and eventually drew them back home again. The experiences of her family will help readers understand the struggles many Iranians-those living in Iran and abroad-have faced. Threaded throughout the story are universal themes that connect readers to the many characters within: a mother trying to raise her children in a neThe New Americans: Recent Immigration and American SocietyIranian AmericansBiographyIranian AmericansCultural assimilationImmigrantsFamily relationshipsUnited StatesReturn migrationIranPlace attachmentIranBiographyIranian AmericansIranian AmericansCultural assimilation.ImmigrantsFamily relationshipsReturn migrationPlace attachment.305.89155/073Shavarini Mitra K.1962-1518039MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779019903321Desert roots3755384UNINA