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Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come

An Introvert’s Year of Living Dangerously

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Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come

By: Jessica Pan
Narrated by: Jessica Pan
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come written by Jessica Pan.

What would happen if a shy introvert lived like a gregarious extrovert for one year? If she knowingly and willingly put herself in perilous social situations that she’d normally avoid at all costs? Jessica Pan is going to find out.

When she found herself jobless and friendless, sitting in the familiar Jess-shaped crease on her sofa, she couldn't help but wonder what life might have looked like if she had been a little more open to new experiences and new people, a little less attached to going home instead of going to the pub.

So, she made a vow: to push herself to live the life of an extrovert for a year. She wrote a list: improv, a solo holiday and... talking to strangers on the tube. She regretted it instantly.

Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come follows Jess's hilarious and painful year of misadventures in extroverting, reporting back from the frontlines for all the introverts out there.

But is life actually better or easier for the extroverts? Or is it the nightmare Jess always thought it would be?

©2019 Jessica Pan (P)2019 Penguin Audio Anxiety Disorders Communication & Social Skills Emotions Mental Health Personal Development Personal Success Psychology & Mental Health Self-Esteem Health Witty Funny

Critic Reviews

Tender, courageous and extremely funny, this book will make us all braver. (Daisy Buchanan)
In a world of self-care and nights in, this book will inspire and remind you to do some things that scare you every so often. (Emma Gannon)
Absolutely bloody great. As a textbook, concrete, public changing, foghorn extrovert, I find Jessica Pan’s descriptions of introversion and shyness fascinating and she is very funny. (Nell Frizzell)
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I loved this eAudiobook but while I've shown signs of being gregarious in the past Lockdowns have been a problem. I think what the author took up over the year was admirable but I've seen first hand how very nerve wracking doing first time stand up comedy can be.

It is all very cosy and she has a strong core sense of self. Achieving a sense of la la land aka adventures in the moment, which was the best idea along with the Improv classes gave me hope I can relax sometime being gregarious again.

Nerve wracking first time stand up comedy

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This made me laugh so much.
Thankyou, your words and relatable story are encouraging for your fellow wall flowers 🧡

Really enjoyed

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nothing happens and it's super boring, I would not recommend . I really thought it would be good

So boring

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