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Firoozeh Dumas

This author and narrator of the book was just seven years old when her family moved from Abadan, Iran, to the Los Angeles, California, suburb of Whittier.

Kazem

This individual was an engineer and employee of the National Iranian Oil Company before he was a assigned to a two-year project as a consultant for an American company.

Nazireh

This is the narrator's mother.

Uncle Nematollah

This individual was a renowned physician in Iran and visited his brother for several months in America, sampling every American fast food he could find.

Farshid

This is one of the narrator's brothers; he is a charismatic person who everyone in the family came to for advice before any important events.

Farid

This is the narrator's older brother who lived in Philadelphia with an uncle before the rest of the family moved to the United States.

Francois Dumas

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