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Published by Affirm Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
If 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 your family still thinks your 'roommate' is 'just a great friend' …
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 in this highly unreliable ethnic memoir. 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.
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 your family still thinks your 'roommate' is 'just a great friend' …
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 in this highly unreliable ethnic memoir. 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.
About The Author
credit to come
Daniel Nour is an Egyptian-Australian journalist and a member of Sweatshop 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.
Product Details
- Publisher: Affirm Press (May 27, 2025)
- Length: 288 pages
- ISBN13: 9781923046573
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Raves and Reviews
'Daniel Nour’s book is everything I want in a coming-of-age story: laugh-out-loud, poignantly heartfelt and charmingly horny. You’ll eat this up.'
– Benjamin Law
'A blow-by-blow account of how Daniel Nour grew up to become himself. Strangely relatable even if you’re not him.'
– Shaun Micallef
'How to Dodge Flying Sandals and Other Advice for Life is a hilarious and heartfelt memoir. Daniel’s brilliant writing is laced with a ton of richness and truth that transports the reader straight into the author’s sandals. Daniel’s voice brings a fresh and insightful perspective to Australian literature.'
– Mary Coustas
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