Olivia Abtahi's debut is as hilarious as it is heartfelt-a delightful tale where, amid the turmoil of high school friendships and crushes, being yourself is always the perfect way to be. Suddenly, being herself has never been more important. And hardest of all, the ramifications of the Muslim ban on her family in Iran. A confusing friendship with a boy who's definitely not supposed to like her. Also hard? The parent-mandated Farsi lessons. Those women aren't loud, they certainly don't cackle when they laugh, and they smile much more than they talk.īut Parvin discovers that being a rom-com dream girl is much harder than it looks. 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. There's just one problem: Matty is definitely too cool for bassoon-playing, frizzy-haired, Cheeto-eating Parvin. 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. Enter high school heartthrob Matty Fumero, who just might be the smoking-hot cure to all her boy problems.

Not only is she heartbroken, she's humiliated. AUTHOR: Olivia Abtahi SERIES: no PUBLISHER: G.P. I loved the adorably flawed protagonist, the character diversity, and the focus on being (and loving) one’s true self. Parvin Mohammadi has just been dumped-only days after receiving official girlfriend status. Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi is just what I needed to read after my latest run of serious dystopian books. Fourteen-year-old Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to homecoming in this heartfelt and outright hilarious debut.