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Everything Sad is Untrue

(a true story)

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Everything Sad is Untrue

By: Daniel Nayeri
Narrated by: Daniel Nayeri
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At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny; who makes things up and talks about poop too much. But Khosrou's stories, stretching back years, and decades, and centuries, are beautiful, and terrifying, from the
moment his family fled Iran in the middle of the night with the secret police moments behind them, back to the sad, cement refugee camps of Italy...and further back to the fieldsnear the river Aras, where rain-soaked flowers
bled red like the yolk of the sunset had burst over everything, and further back still to the jasmine-scented city of Isfahan. Like Scheherazade in a hostile classroom, Daniel weaves a tale to save his own life: to stake his claim to the truth. And it is (a true story). Biographical Fiction Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Multi-generational Family Biography Funny
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Excellent storytelling about an important life, and the power of real hope. Real, funny, raw, heartwarming and aspirational all at once.

A story every Westerner should hear.

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Such a moving and important story. Written with such honesty and capturing a child's perspective so well. Such an important voice and story to have unleashed into the world, that managed to carve its own path and stay true to his experience, avoiding feeling compelled to stay in one camp or the other. It was such a gift to listen to! Fantastic to have the author as the narrator too!

A Truly Wonderful Book!

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Having got into what was going on, his style of writing... I listened again. Then bought printed copies for friends.

listened to this twice

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This autobiography is told in the most beautiful storytelling tradition. A beautiful story of truth, tenacity, hope and love - a story of holding on to your history, while navigating a new world, and doing it all with courage and honesty.

Beautiful autobiography

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This is storytelling. It’s a journey you take with the author and what a life. Eye opening and all the emotions. Worth your unrenewable time

An incredible story told so powerfully

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