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A Field Guide to Awkward Silences

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A Field Guide to Awkward Silences

Washington PostÂ columnist Alexandra Petri turns her satirical eye on her own life in this hilarious new memoir...

Most twentysomethings spend a lot of time avoiding awkwardness.

Not Alexandra Petri.

Afraid of rejection? Alexandra Petri has auditioned for Americaâ€™s Next Top Model. Afraid of looking like an idiot? Alexandra Petri lost Jeopardy! by answering â€œWho is that dude?â€ on national TV. Afraid of bad jokes? Alexandra Petri won an international pun championship.

Petri has been a debutante, reenacted the Civil War, and fended off suitors at a Star Wars convention while wearing a Jabba the Hutt suit. One time, she let some cult members she met on the street baptize her, just to be polite. Sheâ€™s a connoisseur of the kind of awkwardness that most people spend whole lifetimes trying to avoid. If John Hodgman and Amy Sedaris had a babyâ€¦they would never let Petri babysit it.

But Petri is here to tell you: Everything you fear is not so bad. Trust her. Sheâ€™s tried it. And in the course of her misadventures, sheâ€™s learned that there are worse things out there than awkwardnessâ€”and that interesting things start to happen when you stop caring what people think.
Country USA
Manufacturer Berkley
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2015-06-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780451469601