Manijeh Badiozamani takes us to her childhood home—her grandfather’s house—near the Big Bazaar in Tehran, the teeming capital of Iran. Growing up between the traditional and the modern, she recreates the Tehran of the1940s and 1950s before she immigrated to the U.S. We meet her quirky family and friends and discover the impact they had on her life. The stories are laced with humor and, sometimes, sadness. After 40 years, when she returns to Tehran to care for her aging mother, the spotlight is on the cultural differences and the universal problems of aging.

Family Tales from Tehran

Biographies & Memoirs

Badiozamani, Manijeh

Community & Culture

Bowker

Iranian exchange student writes home. What do her letters reveal about America in 1961?\nIn 1961 a 17-year-old Iranian girl, was a high school exchange student in Ohio. During that year, she wrote many letters on Aerograms to her family in Tehran. Years later, she discovered that her father had saved every letter.\nNow 60 years later, she shares these letters with all the cultural shocks, school challenges, and community victories that tell the story of life in small town 1960s America from the perspective of a teenager from the other side of the globe.

A Year in Middle America: A Memoir in Aerograms

Hallard Press LLC

How do you chronicle a life? 
Manijeh Badiozamani tells of her life in a series of short stories that offer glimpses of a life lived in two cultures, rich in friends, ventures, and love. 
Manijeh Badiozamani grew up in Tehran, Iran before moving to the U.S. with her husband over 50 years ago. She is a keen observer of life and easily laughs at her own miscues as she deftly straddles two different cultures. 
"This collection of invariably amusing and often heartwarming experiences is like a treasure chest one discovers and opens, and invariably finds a rare gem here or a small trinket there. But the discoveries are always rewarding. 
The stories range over time and are often told with a gentle irony that will both amuse and enlighten. 
Each story stands alone, but together they describe a life’s journey full of perception, empathy, and great humor." 
—Dr. Mark David Welton, Professor Emeritus, United States Military Academy at West Point.

One Summer in My Life: A Memoir in Short Stories

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Family Tales from Tehran

A Year in Middle America: A Memoir in Aerograms

One Summer in My Life: A Memoir in Short Stories