That Was Awkward: The Art and Etiquette of the Awkward Hug Audiobook (Free)

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From New Yorker humorist Emily Flake, a hilarious, oddly enlightening book of observations and advice that embraces the inescapable awkwardness of two human beings attempting to help to make physical contact with each other

We’ve all been there.

You encounter the mother of the recent ex. That guy your best friend dated sophomore 12 months. That friend-of-a-friend who you’ve fulfilled once but helps to keep popping up in your ‘People You May Know’ feed.

Do you tremble hands? Do you hug? Perform you–horrors–kiss over the cheek? And the inevitable: The uncomfortable hug. That cultural blight we’ve all experienced.

Emily Flake–keen observer of human behavior and life’s less-than-triumphant moments–codifies the most common awkward hugs which have plagued us all. Filled with laugh-out-loud anecdotes, astute observations, and wise suggestions, That Was Awkward is a heartwarming reminder that we’re all in this jointly, grasping hastily at one another in an attempt to say: let’s embrace to remind ourselves of our important and connecting mankind, but also, please don’t contact me for a lot more than three seconds.