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A teaspoon of earth and sea

Fascinated with America, young Saba Hafezi of 1980s Iran becomes convinced that her suddenly missing mother and twin sister have departed for America without her, a situation that compels her to envision her twin's Western life throughout subsequent years.

Main Author: Nayeri, Dina.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, 2013.
Subjects:
Young women > Iran > Fiction.
Self-realization in women > Fiction.
Bildungsromans > Iran.
Summary: Fascinated with America, young Saba Hafezi of 1980s Iran becomes convinced that her suddenly missing mother and twin sister have departed for America without her, a situation that compels her to envision her twin's Western life throughout subsequent years.
Item Description: "A novel"--Jacket.
Physical Description: 423 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781594487040 (hbk.)
1594487049 (hbk.)
9781101601990 (alk. paper)
110160199X (alk. paper)
Author Notes: Dina Nayeri was born in Tehran during the revolution and immigrated to Oklahoma at ten years old. She has a BA from Princeton and a Master of Education and MBA from Harvard. She is a Truman Capote Fellow and a Teaching Writing Fellow at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

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