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Who Gets Believed: When the Truth Isn't Enough
Written by Dina Nayeri
Narrated by Ayesha Antoine
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This groundbreaking book about persuasion and performance asks unsettling questions about lies, truths, and the difference between being believed and being dismissed.
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Dina Nayeri
Dina Nayeri was born in Iran during the revolution and arrived in America when she was ten years old. The winner of the UNESCO City of Literature Paul Engle Prize as well as a National Endowment for the Arts literature grant, she is the author of two novels. A contributor to The New York Times, The Guardian, Granta, and many other publications, she graduated from Princeton, Harvard, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She currently resides in London.
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