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Author: Porochista Khakpour

📘 Sons and other flammable objects by Porochista Khakpour

While growing up, Xerxes Adams's major life goal is to completely separate himself from his Iranian parents, neither of whom can offer their son anything he can actually use to make sense of his immigrant identity or help him define himself.

First publish date: 2007

Authors: Porochista Khakpour

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