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200 10$aDesert roots$b[electronic resource] $ejourney of an Iranian immigrant family /$fMitra Karbassi Shavarini
210   $aEl Paso, Tex. $cLFB Scholarly Pub.$d2012
215   $a1 online resource (260 p.)
225 1 $aThe New Americans: Recent Immigration and American Society
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-59332-499-5 
327   $aCONTENTS; 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: Iran
330   $aDesert 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 ne
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