{"product_id":"home-is-a-stranger-parnaz-foroutan-9781948705608","title":"Home Is a Stranger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A thought-provoking memoir about the challenges of personal and national relations.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --Foreword Reviews \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew travel nonfiction from a break-out novelist and recipient of a PEN Emerging Voice fellowship that speaks to the immigrant and female experiences of America and Iran \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnmoored by the death of her father and disenchanted by the American Dream, Parnaz Foroutan leaves Los Angeles for Iran, nineteen years after her family fled the religious police state brought in by the Islamic Theocracy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment Parnaz steps off the plane in Tehran, she contends with a world she only partially understands. Struggling with her own identity in a culture that feels both foreign and familiar, she tries to find a place for herself between the American girl she is and the woman she hopes to become. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten with the same literary grace and passion as her fiction, Home Is a Stranger is a memoir about the meaning of desire, the transcendence of boundaries, and the journey to find home. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Parnaz Foroutan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948705605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948705608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amberjack Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2020 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2020","brand":"Parnaz Foroutan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43978950377727,"sku":"9781948705608","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ed50c1d-b954-4188-b25c-dfa7422491e2.jpg?v=1683243672","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/home-is-a-stranger-parnaz-foroutan-9781948705608","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}