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MAMAN’S HOMESICK PIE, by Donia Bijan

October 3, 2011

HEARTFELT MEMOIR OF food, family, and love in exile (in Tehran, Santa Cruz, and Paris); yummy Persian recipes!

Grade: SOLID B

MAMAN'S HOMESICK PIE: A PERSIAN HEART IN AN AMERICAN KITCHEN
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
2011

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THE GOOD DAUGHTER, by Jasmin Darznik

May 3, 2011

AN IRANIAN-AMERICAN WRITER looks at her mother’s experiences, including marriage at age 13. Moving, revelatory.

Grade: B PLUS

THE GOOD DAUGHTER: A MEMOIR OF MY MOTHER'S HIDDEN LIFE
Grand Central Publishing
2011

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