A Beginner's Guide to Acting English Book

In the tradition of Nancy Mitford's "The Pursuit of Love" and Gerald Durrell's "My Family and Other Animals" comes a story of a young narrator in the midst of her eccentric family. But rather than landed gentry or bohemian travellers it's a mad extended Iranian clan who flee Tehran to 1980s Britain after the fall of the Shah. Five year old Shappi and her beloved brother Peyvand arrive with their parents in London - all cold weather and strange food - without a word of English. If adapting to a new culture isn't troubling enough it soon becomes clear that the Ayatollah's henchmen are in pursuit. With the help of MI5 Shappi's family go into hiding. So apart from checking under the family car for bombs every morning Shappi's childhood is like any other kids - swings in the park school plays kiss-chase and terrorists. ; ; Shappi Khorsandi is also a well noted stand-up comedian who was described by the Guardian as 'Britain's best young female comic.' ;Read More