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Publisher: Affirm
ISBN:
9781923046573
Bind Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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How to Dodge Flying Sandals and Other Advice for Life
208(Ht mm) 135(Wdt mm) 288
A laugh-out-loud story of culture, family and surviving suburbia, from one of the most exciting new comic voices in Australia A laugh-out-loud story of culture, family and surviving suburbia, from one of the most exciting new comic voices in AustraliaIf you've ever had someone try to arrange a marriage for you ...
If you have so many cousins you can't remember all their names ...
If your parents only show love through food and unsolicited advice ...
If you're a walking gay stereotype and your family still didn't figure it out ...
Then this book is for you.
And if you've never experienced any of this? Well, aren't you just a little curious?
Meet Daniel Nour: Egyptian and Australian; loud and painfully awkward; conservative and very confused (especially about other boys). He's never quite pulled off normal, but 'not-normal' is where the best stories are. Now he's made his peace with that and is ready to share his wisdom. Told as a series of snapshots from Daniel's life - from 'How to Be Born' to 'How to Die' and everything in between - this is a sharply funny tale of culture, family and trying, but not always managing, to come of age.
At turns wildly absurd, sharply insightful and disarmingly heartfelt, How to Dodge Flying Sandals and Other Advice for Life is a fresh take on growing up in Australia. Daniel Nour is an Egyptian-Australian journalist and a member of Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement. His writing has featured in the New York Times, SBS Voices, Meanjin Quarterly and Eureka Street. In 2020, he won the New South Wales Premier's Young Journalist of the Year Award. He dabbles in improv comedy.