Simply Interactive Supports the Palo Alto Library

Library Launches the First City-Wide Book Club:
Palo Alto Reads…Funny in Farsi

Palo Alto – Make history this fall by joining the largest book club Palo Alto has ever seen. Palo Alto Reads … Funny in Farsi is a month-long series of programs that aims to foster a sense of community by bringing people together through literature. Inspired by the success of similar initiatives in Seattle and other communities, Palo Alto City Library invites everyone to read the same great book at the same time – the charming and hilarious book, Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Palo Alto resident, Firoozeh Dumas. Former President Jimmy Carter hailed the book as "A humorous and introspective chronicle of a life filled with love--of family, country, and heritage."

Palo Alto Reads … Funny in Farsi kicks off with a free talk for the community by Ms. Dumas at Palo Alto High School’s Haymarket Theater on Tuesday, October 10 at 7:30 pm. This event is presented by the Palo Alto City Library, the Friends of the Palo Alto Library, the Palo Alto Unified School District and the Palo Alto High PTSA.

The Library will subsequently host a month-long series of great programs around themes in the book, including book discussions and cultural events. The community can participate in Palo Alto Reads by:

• Checking out the book, Funny in Farsi, at any Palo Alto City Library.
• Telling friends, neighbors and book clubs about Palo Alto Reads.
• Coming to any and/or all free Library programs.

Palo Alto Reads … Funny in Farsi is sponsored by the Friends of the Palo Alto Library, the Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Online, the Palo Alto Unified School District, the Persian Center, Simply Interactive LLC, and Idem Translations.

For more information about Palo Alto Reads … Funny in Farsi, please visit the library’s website at www.cityofpaloalto.org/library or call (650) 329-2516.