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.
The Ungrateful Refugee : What Immigrants Never Tell You
Everybody (Else) Is Perfect : How I Survived Hypocrisy, Beauty, Clicks, and Likes
Far From the Tree : Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
Mind, Mood, and Memory : The Neurobehavioral Consequences of Multiple Sclerosis
To learn about oneself one has to learn anew each minute : Four Public Talks, Bombay (Mumbai), India, 1971
Bartleby, the Scrivener
Proto : How One Ancient Language Went Global
Silva Mind Control Method : The Revolutionary Program by the Founder of the World's Most Famous Mind Control Course
Religion
Recognizing the Stranger : On Palestine and Narrative
My Broken Language : A Memoir
In tijden van besmetting
Who Gets Believed : When the Truth Isn't Enough
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