Title: House of sand and fog
Description: On a road crew in California, a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force under the Shah yearns to restore his family's dignity. When an attractive bungalow comes available on county auction for a fraction of its value, he sees a great opportunity for himself, his wife, and his children. But the house's former owner, a recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck, doesn't see it that way, nor does her lover, a married cop driven to extremes to win her love and get her house back.
Subjects: Iranian Americans, Immigrants, Home ownership, Fiction, Fiction, family life, California, fiction, Italian americans, fiction, Domestic fiction, Houses, Fiction, family life, general
Places: San Mateo County (Calif.), California