Everything Sad is Untrue Introduction and Schedule
Our July Book Club Pick
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Speaking of our next book, let’s jump in…
To continue our American summer we are going to kick off July by reading my favorite book from 2023, Everything Sad is Untrue (a true story) by Khosrou Daniel Nayeri. I am not sure that I can describe how excited I am to force you to read this book with me enjoy this book with you all! I think this is the book I am most excited to read together this year (though there is a lot of good competition).
Nayeri’s fictionalized memoir is beautifully written, has a compelling story, and employs such an interesting narrative device. It is a true story (like the title says), but he is writing it from the perspective of his 12 year old self telling his story to his teacher. So it is such an interesting cross of fiction and non-fiction. I am very interested in creative narrative structures right now (which also explains why we are reading Trust in June). So this is really part memoir, part fiction, part memory novel. Also, I hope we can all enjoy the Lord of the Rings reference in the title too!
Close Reads HQ did a series on this last year and it was lovely and at the end they had Daniel Nayeri on for an interview, which will make you love him and the book even more!
Heidi White (from
Everything Sad is Untrue was in my top five favorite books of 2020–a year we all needed to be reminded of the truth of its title. A fictionalized memoir of a refugee child whose courageous mother escaped Iran with her children after a fatwa was placed on her head, this lyrical novel is a love song to storytelling, food, homeland, childhood, and the memories that make us who we are. From the saffron fields of Persia to the windswept rooftops of Tulsa, Daniel Nayeri’s self-revelatory novel illuminates how the stories we tell ourselves can become the redeeming conduit for the grace that saves us.
Everything Sad is Untrue Reading Schedule
Monday, June 16th- ep. 60: Intro to Everything Sad is Untrue w/ Heidi White
Wednesday, June 18th: Introduction and Schedule (you are here)
Wednesday, June 25th: pgs. 1-119
Wednesday, July 2nd: pgs. 119-238
Wednesday, July 9th: pgs 238-351 (but don’t forget to read the Author’s Note at the very end)
Monday, August 4th: ep. 67: Revisiting Everything Sad is Untrue
Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul.
What We’re Reading Now/Next:
June
Trust by Hernan Diaz
July
Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
August
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
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