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READER MEET WRITER: DANIEL NAYERI

Join us for an online event with Daniel Nayeri Thursday, September 3 at 6:00 PM CDT as he discusses his new book, EVERYTHING SAD IS UNTRUE.

*If you elect to attend the event, you will receive a link and password the morning of the event.

Use the link below to purchase EVERYTHING SAD IS UNTRUE - from Novel's website, call us at (901) 922-5526, or stop by for your copy!

*We have a limited number of signed copies available - order yours today!

ABOUT THE BOOK:

At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny; who makes things up and talks about poop too much.

But Khosrou's stories, stretching back years, and decades, and centuries, are beautiful, and terrifying, from the moment his family fled Iran in the middle of the night with the secret police moments behind them, back to the sad, cement refugee camps of Italy.and further back to the fields near the river Aras, where rain-soaked flowers bled red like the yolk of sunset burst over everything, and further back still to the Jasmine-scented city of Isfahan.

We bounce between a school bus of kids armed with paper clip missiles and spitballs to the heroines and heroes of Khosrou's family's past, who ate pastries that made people weep and cry "Akh, Tamar!" and touched carpets woven with precious gems.

Like Scheherazade in a hostile classroom, Daniel weaves a tale to save his own life: to stake his claim to the truth. And it is (a true story).

It is Daniel's.

"A distinctive voice. A rare treasure of a book." -Publishers Weekly, starred review

"A modern epic." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Daniel Nayeri was born in Iran and spent a couple of years as a refugee before immigrating to Oklahoma at age eight with his family. He is the publisher of Odd Dot, an imprint of Macmillan, making him one of the youngest publishers in the industry. He has served on the CBC diversity committee and the CBC panel committee.

Please note: We will be using Zoom for this event. If you haven't used Zoom before, you can familiarize yourself with the controls and how to join events on their website here:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/200941109-Attendee-Controls-in-a-Meeting

 

Event date: 
Thursday, September 3, 2020 - 6:00pm
Event address: 
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Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story) By Daniel Nayeri Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781646140008
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Levine Querido - August 25th, 2020