An Ethnic Trying to Get By is a compilation of Facebook timeline stories, a bunch of nicked memes, and shrubbage induced storytelling. Everything is mocked. Nothing is sacred.

WARNING: If you are easily offended then this book is not for you. But if you’re a Karen, then it is. Muhahahaha….

From goat-herding villages in Iran to the concrete courtyards of Kuwait, and finally to the rain-soaked streets of Britain, Eddie’s life has been anything but ordinary. An Ethnic Trying to Get By is a riotous collection of true (and slightly questionable) tales about growing up as an Armenian outsider, dodging bullets, dodging slippers, and occasionally dodging common sense.

Packed with outrageous anecdotes, biting satire, and the kind of cultural observations you’d never hear in polite company, this book is part memoir, part stand-up routine, and all unapologetic fun. Whether it’s Iranian taxi roulette, slipper-wielding grandmothers, or the perils of wearing rice-sack trousers, every chapter proves that being an “ethnic” isn’t just about survival — it’s about laughing your way through the madness.

If you’ve ever felt like an outsider, or just enjoy watching someone else make a glorious mess of life, this book is your new guilty pleasure.