A Beginner's Guide to Acting English

Description

It's 1977 and life in Iran is becoming unpredictable. The Shah will be overthrown and events are about to take place on the world stage. But for five-year-old Shappi Khorsandi all this means is that she must flee, leaving behind a mad extended Iran clan and everything she has ever known.;Part 1 -- London Calling -- London -- Hyde Park -- Back in Iran -- Marcourt Lawns -- A New Guest at the Party -- Part 2 -- Montpelier School -- Cinema Rex -- Masood -- 16 January 1979 -- Asghar Agha -- Just Like Her Father -- Iran -- Iraq War -- Madeley Road -- Madar Jaan -- Nativity Play -- Assembly -- Being English -- Onstage -- Mahsa -- Part 3 -- Getting Older -- Brainwashing -- Rana Dean -- The Phone Call -- Terrorists in Madeley Road -- With Enemies Like These -- Safe at Home -- Rows About Cheese -- Scholars -- Rana -- Refugees -- Epilogue: A New Arrival -- Postscript: Mykonos. Part 1 -- London Calling -- London -- Hyde Park -- Back in Iran -- Marcourt Lawns -- A New Guest at the Party -- Part 2 -- Montpelier School -- Cinema Rex -- Masood -- 16 January 1979 -- Asghar Agha -- Just Like Her Father -- Iran -- Iraq War -- Madeley Road -- Madar Jaan -- Nativity Play -- Assembly -- Being English -- Onstage -- Mahsa -- Part 3 -- Getting Older -- Brainwashing -- Rana Dean -- The Phone Call -- Terrorists in Madeley Road -- With Enemies Like These -- Safe at Home -- Rows About Cheese -- Scholars -- Rana -- Refugees -- Epilogue: A New Arrival -- Postscript: Mykonos.