{"product_id":"9780698155527","title":"A Field Guide to Awkward Silences","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e columnist Alexandra Petri turns her satirical eye on her own life in this hilarious new memoir...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMost twentysomethings spend a lot of time avoiding awkwardness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot Alexandra Petri.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfraid of rejection? Alexandra Petri has auditioned for \u003ci\u003eAmerica’s Next Top Model\u003c\/i\u003e. Afraid of looking like an idiot? Alexandra Petri lost \u003ci\u003eJeopardy!\u003c\/i\u003e by answering “Who is that dude?” on national TV. Afraid of bad jokes? Alexandra Petri won an international pun championship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePetri has been a debutante, reenacted the Civil War, and fended off suitors at a \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 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.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076257431792,"sku":"9780698155527","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780698155527_p0.jpg?v=1763620687","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780698155527","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}