A Beginner's Guide To Acting English
The True Story of a Family on the Run in a Foreign Country... England
$52.53
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2010
Summary
Comedian Shappi Khorsandi’s funny and heartwarming memoir about growing up as an Iranian girl in 1980s Britain.
It’s 1977 and life in Iran is becoming unpredictable. The Shah will be overthrown and events are about to take place on the world stage. But for five-year-old Shappi Khorsandi all this means is that she must flee, leaving behind a mad extended Iran clan and everything she has ever known.
Shappi and her beloved brother Peyvand arrive with their parents in London - all…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091924775 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0091924774 |
| Author: | Shaparak Khorsandi |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2010 |
| Weight: | 219g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 126mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
”[Shappi] has a fascinating story to tell, married to one of the warmest, most engaging performance styles I have seen.”
Britain’s best young female comic by any yardstick * Guardian *[Shappi] has a fascinating story to tell, married to one of the warmest, most engaging performance styles I have seen * Observer *Shappi Khorsandi has been an endearing Iranian voice on the stand-up circuit for a number of years. This memoir arguably provides a better platform for her wealth of stories * Metro *A touching memoir * Independent *Written with an admirable lightness of touch and a novelist’s eye for comic detail * Observer *Her book is filled with laughter, wonder and compassion … It plunges us into the heart of a loud, loving Iranian family and vividly recreates the experience of a child being torn between two vastly different cultures * The Scotsman *Funny, charming and dramatic in equal meaure – Michael Simkins * Daily Mail *As entertaining and witty as the woman herself * Jo Brand *‘Funny, charming and dramatic in equal measure … this is a heartwarming book - engaging, touching and … ultimately deeply rewarding’ * Daily Mail *[a] funny, charming memoir * Metro *
About The Author
Shaparak Khorsandi
Shaparak Khorsandi is one of the country’s finest comedians, having launched herself back in 2006 with her sell out Edinburgh show, Asylum Speaker. Shaparak’s career has taken her to all corners of the globe, she has appeared on countless TV & Radio shows including; Live At The Apollo, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Have I Got News For You, QI, The Graham Norton Show and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. She is also the author of the bestselling childhood memoir, A Beginner’s Guide To Acting English and Nina is Not OK.
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