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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 cold weather and strange food - without a word of English.

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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 *

A Beginners Guide To Acting English

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      Publisher: Ebury Publishing
      Publication Date: 01/04/2010
      ISBN13: 9780091924775, 978-0091924775
      ISBN10: 0091924774
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      Biography Autobiography: arts and entertainment

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 cold weather and strange food - without a word of English.

      Trade Review
      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 *

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