SuitabookSelf-image and romantic approval
After being dumped, Parvin tries to become the kind of girl she believes Matty and romantic comedies would value.
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Olivia Abtahi - Author
This is a high-school romantic story about heartbreak, self-presentation, friendship, family expectations, Iranian-American identity, and the effects of the Muslim ban on relatives in Iran.
"After being dumped at the beginning of freshman year, Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to Homecoming"-- Parvin Mohammadi has just been dumped--only days after receiving official girlfriend status. Not only is she heartbroken, she's humiliated. Enter high school heartthrob Matty Fumero, who just might be the smoking-hot cure to all her boy problems. If Parvin can get Matty to ask her to Homecoming, she's positive it will prove to herself and her ex that she's girlfriend material after all. There's just one problem: Matty is definitely too cool for bassoon-playing, frizzy-haired, Cheeto-eating Parvin. Since being herself hasn't worked for her in the past (see aforementioned dumping), she decides to start acting like the women in her favorite rom-coms. Those women aren't loud, they certainly don't cackle when they laugh, and they smile much more than they talk. But Parvin discovers that being a rom-com dream girl is much harder than it looks. Also hard? The parent-mandated Farsi lessons. A confusing friendship with a boy who's definitely not supposed to like her. And hardest of all, the ramifications of the Muslim ban on her family in Iran. Suddenly, being herself has never been more important.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a high-school romantic story about heartbreak, self-presentation, friendship, family expectations, Iranian-American identity, and the effects of the Muslim ban on relatives in Iran.
After being dumped, Parvin tries to become the kind of girl she believes Matty and romantic comedies would value.
Parvin has parent-mandated Farsi lessons and family connections to Iran.
The ramifications of the Muslim ban on Parvin’s family in Iran form part of her wider difficulties.
Notice how the story handles Parvin’s attempts to imitate romantic-comedy heroines, her friendship with a boy, parent-mandated Farsi lessons, and the family consequences connected with Iran.
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