{"product_id":"a-field-guide-to-awkward-silences-9780451469618","title":"A Field Guide to Awkward Silences","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alexandra Petri\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e columnist Alexandra Petri shares her stories of awkwardness in this insightful and supremely funny debut.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMost twentysomethings avoid awkwardness. \u003cbr\u003eNot Alexandra Petri.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe auditioned for\u003ci\u003e America's Next Top Model\u003c\/i\u003e. She lost \u003ci\u003eJeopardy!\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003ecolumnist 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.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408951074967,"sku":"9780451469618","price":2132.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780451469618.webp?v=1767149324","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-field-guide-to-awkward-silences-9780451469618","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}