The Happiest Refugee incites joy, laughter… and hope for cancer patients Posted on July 26, 2011February 25, 2018 by Carly du Toit “I want to give you 1% of the retail sale price of every book sold,” Anh Do wrote in a letter to the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) in July 2010 – just 2 months before the book in question, The Happiest Refugee, would take the Australian book industry by storm. He anticipated that the funds raised for cancer research would be anywhere between $300 and $30,000: “Even more,” he wrote, “if the book goes well.” … A humble understatement in hindsight, as last night The Happiest Refugee made headlines yet again when it won ‘Book of the Year’, ‘Newcomer of the Year’ and ‘Biography of the Year’ (joint winner with Musician Paul Kelly’s How to Make Gravy) at the Australian Book Industry Awards in Melbourne. Continue reading “The Happiest Refugee incites joy, laughter… and hope for cancer patients”
ACRF’S FANTASTIC SUPPORTERS: ANH DO – THE HAPPIEST REFUGEE Posted on September 25, 2010April 8, 2021 by Carly du Toit The Happiest Refugee on hardship, optimism, and supporting cancer research One of Australia’s best-known comedians, Anh Do, has just joined The Australian Cancer Research Foundation’s community and long list of fantastic supporters. Part of the sales from The Happiest Refugee will be donated to ACRF to help outsmart cancer Anh is currently promoting his honest and uplifting memoir, The Happiest Refugee, and will be donating part of the sales from the book to ACRF in support of cancer research. The book is dedicated to fellow comedian and friend, Dave Grant, who sadly lost his battle to pancreatic cancer earlier this year. The Happiest Refugee has already received plenty of praise from the literary community, and was the highest selling Australian book in the week it debuted! Based on his family’s struggle out of war-torn Vietnam and their integration into Australian society, The Happiest Refugee is a sincere, open account of Anh’s life, offering a ray of sunshine and hope for all who read it. We’ve read it, and can say it is a remarkable read – expect to laugh hysterically under his comedic spell, to be astonished by his optimism toward life, and to wipe away the tears as he recounts the most harrowing moments of life as a refugee. We would like to thank Anh Do for his contribution to cancer research ACRF wishes to congratulate Anh Do on his tremendously successful literary debut, and extend a big thank you for supporting us in the fight against cancer. If you would like to follow in Anh’s footsteps to help us outsmart cancer, you can donate online today. Your donation will go towards providing technology, equipment and infrastructure Australian researchers need to continuously explore new and improved ways to prevent, detect and treat all types of cancer.
