He has also acted in television series and films, written screenplays and is a sought-after keynote speaker. About The Author Anh Do is one of Australia's leading comedians. Anh's story will move and amuse all who read it. Tragedy, humour, heartache and unswerving determination - a big life with big dreams. He was going to be a comedian! The Happiest Refugee tells the incredible, uplifting and inspiring life story of one of our favourite personalities. 'Four,' the answer came back, and that was it. Another inspiration was the comedian Anh met when he was about to sign on for a 60-hour a week corporate job. His mother's sacrifice was an inspiration to Anh and he worked hard during his teenage years to help her make ends meet, also managing to graduate high school and then university. Life in Australia was hard, an endless succession of back-breaking work, crowded rooms, ruthless landlords and make-do everything. His entire family came close to losing their lives on the sea as they escaped from war.

Things got harder when their father left home when Anh was only nine - they felt his loss very deeply and their mother struggled to support the family on her own. Anh Do nearly didnt make it to Australia. But there was a loving extended family, and always friends and play and something to laugh about for Anh, his brother Khoa and their sister Tram. He was going to be a comedian The Happiest Refugee tells the incredible. Life in Australia was hard, an endless succession of back-breaking work, crowded rooms, ruthless landlords and make-do everything. Four, the answer came back, and that was it. But nothing - not murderous pirates, nor the imminent threat of death by hunger, disease or dehydration as they drifted for days - could quench their desire to make a better life in the country they had dreamed about. His entire family came close to losing their lives on the sea as they escaped from war-torn Vietnam in an overcrowded boat. Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. The laugh-out-loud, reach-for-your-hanky story of one of Australia's best-loved comedians.

The happiest refugee a memoir