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A Sheltered Pakistani Girl Is Sent To America By Her Parents With Unexpected Results: “Entertaining Often Hilarious . . . Not Just Another Immigrant’S Tale.” —Publishers Weekly. Feroza Ginwalla A Pampered Protected Sixteen-Year-Old Pakistani Girl Is Sent To America By Her Parents Who Are Alarmed By The Fundamentalism Overtaking Pakistan—And Influencing Their Daughter. Hoping That A Few Months With Her Uncle An Mit Grad Student Will Soften The Girl’S Rigid Thinking They Get More Than They Bargained For: Feroza Enthralled By American Culture And Her New Freedom Insists On Staying. . A Bargain Is Struck Allowing Feroza To Attend College With The Understanding That She Will Return Home And Marry Well. As A Student In A Small Western Town Feroza Finds Her Perceptions Of America Her Homeland And Herself Beginning To Alter. When She Falls In Love With A Jewish American Her Family Is Aghast. Feroza Realizes Just How Far She Has Come—And Wonders How Much Further She Can Go—In A Delightful Remarkably Funny Coming-Of-Age Novel That Offers An Acute Portrayal Of America As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Perceptive Young Immigrant.. “Humorous And Affecting.” —Library Journal. “Exceptional.” —Los Angeles Times. “Her Characters [Are] Painted So Vividly You Can Almost Hear Them Bickering.” —The New York Times