A Field Guide to Awkward Silences (Paperback)

Alexandra Petri

ISBN 10: 0451469615 / ISBN 13: 9780451469618

Published by Penguin Putnam Inc, 2016

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Paperback. Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri shares her stories of awkwardness in this insightful and supremely funny debut.Most twentysomethings avoid awkwardness. Not Alexandra Petri.She auditioned for Americas Next Top Model. She lost Jeopardy! by answering Who is that dude? One time, she let some cult members baptize her, just to be polite. Alexandra Petri is a connoisseur of the kind of awkwardness most people spend lifetimes avoiding. If John Hodgman and Amy Sedaris had a baby. . .they would never let Petri babysit it.Here, the Washington Post columnist turns her satirical eye on her own lifewith hilarious results. And shes here to tell you that interesting things start to happen when you stop caring what people think. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Field Guide to Awkward Silences (Paperback)
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451469615
• ISBN 13: 9780451469618
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri shares her stories of awkwardness in this insightful and supremely funny debut.

Most twentysomethings avoid awkwardness.
Not Alexandra Petri.

She auditioned for America's Next Top Model. She lost Jeopardy! by answering "Who is that dude?" One time, she let some cult members baptize her, just to be polite. Alexandra Petri is a connoisseur of the kind of awkwardness most people spend lifetimes avoiding. If John Hodgman and Amy Sedaris had a baby. . .they would never let Petri babysit it.

Here, the Washington Post columnist turns her satirical eye on her own life--with hilarious results. And she's here to tell you that interesting things start to happen when you stop caring what people think.

About the Author

Some people are born awkward. Some achieve awkwardness. Some have awkwardness thrust upon them. Alexandra Petri is all three. She is a Washington Post columnist and blogger, an International Pun Champion, a playwright, and a Jeopardy! loser, and she's been on your TV a couple of times. She is also a congressman's kid, if that will make you buy this book! When she remembers, she does stand-up comedy too.