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A Beginner's Guide to Acting English: The True Story of a Family on the Run in a Foreign Country... England
A Beginner's Guide to Acting English The True Story of a Family on the Run in a Foreign Country England
Author: Shappi Khorsandi
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780091924775
ISBN-10: 0091924774
Publication Date: 8/24/2010
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Ebury Press
Book Type: Paperback
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I absolutely loved this book, and hated when I was nearing the end. It is not only terribly funny at times, it is heartwarming, scary at times, funny, and an amazing story. I would read anything this author wrote! It is a wonderful memoir.

Shappi is a British comedian, but I first saw her on Graham Norton's talk show, and she so impressed me that I simply *had* to find her book and read it! She has had a wild and let's say Multi-Faceted childhood!
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