Bibi's Rainbow: Hilarious Ordeals of Assimilation

Download or read book Bibi's Rainbow: Hilarious Ordeals of Assimilation written by Majid Amini and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2014-01-18 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bibi's Rainbow is a delightfully narrated novel centered around a large Iranian immigrant family and their old, wise and faithful nanny, Bibi, a talented cook armed with inexhaustible secret recipes, who is resolutely determined to ease the transition of four generations of her "family" into American society. Using her wits and miraculous recipes as weapons, she ultimately manages to avert a "Clash of Civilizations" in their Beverly Hills neighborhood, winning over the hearts and souls of her extended family and their neighbors during the tumultuous period between 1979-2008. It is a tale of the long, sometimes tragic, often-hilarious, journey to assimilation.