Who Gets Believed, Dina Nayeri
Who Gets Believed, Dina Nayeri
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Who Gets Believed
When the Truth Isn't Enough

Author: Dina Nayeri

Narrator: Ayesha Antoine

Unabridged: 10 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/07/2023

Synopsis

Why are honest asylum seekers dismissed as liars? Former refugee and award-winning author Dina Nayeri begins with this question, turning to shocking and illuminating case studies in this book, which grows into a reckoning with our culture’s views on believability. From persuading a doctor that she’d prefer a C-section to learning to “bullshit gracefully” at McKinsey to struggling, in her personal life, to believe her troubled brother-in-law, Nayeri explores an aspect of our society that is rarely held up to the light. For fans of David Grann, Malcolm Gladwell, and Atul Gawande, Who Gets Believed? is a book as deeply personal as it is profound in its reflections on morals, language, human psychology, and the unspoken social codes that determine how we relate to one another.

About 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ashley on March 07, 2023

Thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the audio ARC. It hasn't affected the content of my review. This is a book that many, many people right now could benefit from reading and thinking very hard about, and then reflecting extra super hard about their life choices. (I am not excluded from this......more

Goodreads review by Emma Deplores Goodreads Censorship on July 10, 2023

A messy book about an important and timely topic. I previously read The Ungrateful Refugee by this author and loved it: it’s a fabulous combination of memoir, journalistic account of modern-day refugees’ experiences, and thought piece on anti-refugee policies. This book picks up some of those same is......more

Goodreads review by Maryam on May 05, 2023

Dina Nayeri's new book "Who Gets Believed" is a fantastic look at the experiences of refugees. She doesn't just talk about what they go through when they leave their homes, but also about things like religion, mental health, and how experts in society affect them. This makes the book really interest......more

Goodreads review by Katrisa on April 28, 2023

This book is so much more than a book about refugees and their stories, though Nayeri does shine a light on the injustices of the bureaucracy that asylum seekers are forced to navigate. This book is also about the cultural performances that we all engage in and the ways we construct beliefs that sol......more

Goodreads review by Tanja on April 27, 2023

This is part memoir and part personal insight into who gets believed - in the courtroom, in the ER, in the immigration office. It's deeply personal and the stories told of other people's fates are shocking and horrifying. Truth in itself seems to be of little consequences, how it's said is often the......more

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