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Bezig met laden... A Field Guide to Awkward Silences (editie 2016)door Alexandra Petri (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Loved it! It was a great way to sit back and relax a little. It's been a while since I've laughed this much while reading. ( ) I got this book from the local library after reading Alexandra Petri's hysterically funny piece on the Elon Musk and Ron DeSantis comedy hour in the 25 May Wash Post. The book isn't as good. Collected funny essays are seldom as funny a humorous essay read as a stand alone so I don't blame Ms Petri or her editors. Some of the essays here are really funny. Others are just really long. Definitely read the Musk DeSantis piece asap. This book can wait. Washington Post columnist and twenty-something Alexandra Petri has never been afraid to embrace the awkward and to march to beat of her own eccentric drummer. This humorous memoir is composed of essays on a number of experiences that explore varying types and degrees of awkwardness. Experiences include participation in an international pun championship, attending a speed dating session at a Star Wars convention, and answering the final Jeopardy! round with the question, “Who is that dude?” This entertaining, funny, and insightful book will appeal to anyone who has ever felt like they didn’t quite fit in, and may remind readers that they are stronger for their awkward life experiences.
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"Washington Post 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 America's Next Top Model. Afraid of looking like an idiot? Alexandra Petri lost Jeopardy! by answering "Who is that dude?" 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. She'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 baby ... they would never let Petri babysit it. But Petri is here to tell you: Everything you fear is not so bad. Trust her. She's tried it. And in the course of her misadventures, she's learned that there are worse things out there than awkwardness-and that interesting things start to happen when you stop caring what people think. "-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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