{"product_id":"9781646222162","title":"Who Gets Believed?: When the Truth Isn't Enough","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNayeri, Dina\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCatapult\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dina Nayeri's powerful writing confronts issues that are key to the refugee experience.\"—Viet Thanh Nguyen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ungrateful Refugee\u003c\/i\u003e—finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Prize and the \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e Prize—\u003ci\u003eWho Gets Believed?\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking book about persuasion and performance that asks unsettling questions about lies, truths, and the difference between being believed and being dismissed in situations spanning asylum interviews, emergency rooms, consulting jobs, and family life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy are honest asylum seekers dismissed as liars?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormer 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor readers of David Grann, Malcolm Gladwell, and Atul Gawande, \u003ci\u003eWho Gets Believed?\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985772736767,"sku":"9781646222162","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781646222162_s600x595.jpg?v=1775591875","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781646222162","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}