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Description edit
In the tradition of Nancy Mitford's "The Pursuit of Love" and Gerald Durrell's "My Family and Other Animals", comes a story of a young narrator in the midst of her eccentric family. But rather than landed gentry or bohemian travellers, it's a mad extended Iran clan who flee Tehran to 1980s... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Baba Mokhtar: Add a description of this character.
- Maman Shamsi
- Hadi Khorsandi
- Dayee Masood
- Peyvand
- Rebecca Thompson
- Rana
- Mahsa
- Mitra
- Madar Jaan
- Mrs Davenport
- Mr Canning
- Mehdi
- Shaparak
- Mrs Hitchcock
- Mr Esfahani
- Andrew
- Tara
- Shah
- Tazim
- Nelson
- Margaret Thatcher
- Mrs Gadd
- Yumi
- Ayatollah Khomeini
- Mrs Wybrow
- Betty
- Tahereh
- Mrs Oliver
- Christopher
- Kerry Tyler
- Madar Juan
- Mrs Rahmani
- Mamas Shamsi
- Maziar
- Mr Peterson
- Jake
Setting & Locations edit
- Iran
- London
- Farsi
- England
- Tehran
- America
- Windsor
- Montpelier
- Harrods
- Ealing
- Madeley Road
- Britain
- Ali-reza
- Kensington
- Spring Hallow
- Iraq
- India
- Santa
First Sentence edit
I held tightly on to Peyvand's hand as the blonde-haired girl stood in front of us and stared.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue: New Arrivals
Part 1
- London Calling
- London
- Hyde Park
- Back in Iran
- Marcourt Lawns
- A New Guest at the Party
Part 2
- Montpelier School
- Cinema Rex
- Masood
- 16 January 1979
- Asghar Agha
- Just Like Her Father
- Iran-Iraq War
- Madeley Road
- Madar Jaan
- Nativity Play
- Assembly
- Being English
- Onstage
- Mahsa
Part Three
- Getting Older
- Brainwashing
- Rana Dean
- The Phone Call
- Terrorists in Madeley Road
- With Enemies Like These...
- Safe at Home
- Rows About Cheese
- Scholars
- Rana
- Refugees
Epilogue: A New Arrival
Postscript: Mykonos
Authors & Contributors edit
- Shappi Khorsandi (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 920
Subjects edit
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