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Author Khorsandi, Shappi, 1973-

Title A beginner's guide to acting English / Shappi Khorsandi
Published London : Ebury, 2010
©2009

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Description 311 pages ; 20 cm
regular print
Contents Machine generated contents note: Part 1 -- London Calling -- London -- Hyde Park -- Back in Iran -- Marcourt Lawns -- A New Guest at the Party -- Part 2 -- Montpelier School -- Cinema Rex -- Masood -- 16 January 1979 -- Asghar Agha -- Just Like Her Father -- Iran---Iraq War -- Madeley Road -- Madar Jaan -- Nativity Play -- Assembly -- Being English -- Onstage -- Mahsa -- Part 3 -- Getting Older -- Brainwashing -- Rana Dean -- The Phone Call -- Terrorists in Madeley Road -- With Enemies Like These -- Safe at Home -- Rows About Cheese -- Scholars -- Rana -- Refugees
Summary 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
Notes Originally published: 2009
Subject Khorsandi, Shappi, 1973- -- Childhood and youth.
Exiles -- England -- London -- Biography.
Exiles -- Great Britain -- ?́ƠBiography
Exiles -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Exiles -- Iran -- Biography.
Exiles -- Iran -- Tehran -- Biography.
Iranians -- England -- London -- Biography.
Iranians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
SUBJECT London (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79005665 -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007552
London (England) -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078220
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
ISBN 0091924774 (paperback)
9780091924775 (paperback)