![]() ![]() He’s a young boy who has turned into Scheherazade, spinning stories of life as a refugee who wants his readers to understand that people are people, no matter their origins. Sometimes his rabbit trails are confusing. Nayeri tells the story as if he were still a young boy. (Because Everything Sad is Untrue is based purely on Nayeri’s childhood memory and is not research-driven, he calls it an “autobiographical novel” rather than an autobiography.) Transitioning from wealthy, upper class son of two doctors to child of the ghetto, Nayeri found a whole new world when he left Iran for Oklahoma. This “autobiographical novel” tells the true story of a young Iranian refugee who gave up everything when his mother decided to follow Christ. It is beautiful, hilarious, and heart wrenching in turns. ![]() Everything Sad is Untrue was that way for me. With some books, you can tell within the first few passages that they will be among your forever favorites. A mini review of Everything Sad is Untrue, by Daniel Nayeri. ![]()
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