Filled with humour, charm and genuine cultural references. It Ain't So Awful Falafel is a lens into the immigrant experience.
When we meet Cindy a.k.a Zomorod at the beginning of the book, she is struggling with culture shock as she acclimatizes and adapts to life in the U.S. Zomorod was born in Abadan, Iran, and now eleven, is on her way with her family to Newport Beach from Compton, California. She has moved four times in her life. Who does that?
She also tells new people she meets that her name is Cindy (it's just easier that way). Like any other kid of immigrant parents, she struggles to understand why her parents are so different from the Joneses and Smiths. She's embarrassed of their accents and her mother's lack of English. When she meets strangers she thinks her dad will start talking about the oil industry and her mom will probably say something that makes no sense. She's really like any other preteen except for the added cultural barriers.
She may have cha…
When we meet Cindy a.k.a Zomorod at the beginning of the book, she is struggling with culture shock as she acclimatizes and adapts to life in the U.S. Zomorod was born in Abadan, Iran, and now eleven, is on her way with her family to Newport Beach from Compton, California. She has moved four times in her life. Who does that?
She also tells new people she meets that her name is Cindy (it's just easier that way). Like any other kid of immigrant parents, she struggles to understand why her parents are so different from the Joneses and Smiths. She's embarrassed of their accents and her mother's lack of English. When she meets strangers she thinks her dad will start talking about the oil industry and her mom will probably say something that makes no sense. She's really like any other preteen except for the added cultural barriers.
She may have cha…