This is Linda Allen, a radio reader in Amarillo offering my thoughts on a unique true story titled Everything Sad is Untrue. Author Daniel Nayeri’s given name was Khousrou before he landed in the US and became known as Daniel, the simplification undergone by many immigrants over time to make their names more American and create a new identity. He wrote his childhood story in 2020 and shares what he remembers of fleeing what was then Persia with his mother and older sister.