- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781407028637
- Imprint: Ebury Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 320
A Beginner's Guide To Acting English
- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781407028637
- Imprint: Ebury Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 320
[a] funny, charming memoir
Metro
[Shappi] has a fascinating story to tell, married to one of the warmest, most engaging performance styles I have seen
Observer
A touching memoir
Independent
As entertaining and witty as the woman herself
Jo Brand
Britain's best young female comic by any yardstick
Guardian
'Funny, charming and dramatic in equal measure ... this is a heartwarming book - engaging, touching and ... ultimately deeply rewarding'
Daily Mail
Funny, charming and dramatic in equal meaure
Michael Simkins, Daily Mail
Her book is filled with laughter, wonder and compassion ... It plunges us into the heart of a loud, loving Iranian family and vividly recreates the experience of a child being torn between two vastly different cultures
The Scotsman
really funny and warm, just an amazing story
Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show
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
Written with an admirable lightness of touch and a novelist's eye for comic detail
Observer