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Adulthood for Beginners: All the Life Secrets Nobody Bothered to Tell You
Written by Andy Boyle
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
A smart, funny, and essential survival guide that you didn't know you needed. But you do.
As any current or former 20-something knows, adult life can get a bit weird because no one tells you what to expect. Many of us spend a decade or more figuring out how the world works, hoping that by age 30 our friends are too old to remember what happened.
Unfortunately, Andy Boyle does not have it all figured out. But the funny and useful advice and observations in this engaging audiobook will help any newly minted adult get through the hard parts faster, guaranteed. (Note: not literally guaranteed.)
Topics include:
- Empathy, or why Nickelback fans are the best
- Making dates suck less
- What Would Tom Hanks Do?
- How not to be an asshole
- Should you get back together with your ex? (No)
- Resume Dos and OMG DO NOTs
As any current or former 20-something knows, adult life can get a bit weird because no one tells you what to expect. Many of us spend a decade or more figuring out how the world works, hoping that by age 30 our friends are too old to remember what happened.
Unfortunately, Andy Boyle does not have it all figured out. But the funny and useful advice and observations in this engaging audiobook will help any newly minted adult get through the hard parts faster, guaranteed. (Note: not literally guaranteed.)
Topics include:
- Empathy, or why Nickelback fans are the best
- Making dates suck less
- What Would Tom Hanks Do?
- How not to be an asshole
- Should you get back together with your ex? (No)
- Resume Dos and OMG DO NOTs
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Reviews for Adulthood for Beginners
Rating: 3.6666666666666665 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
6 ratings1 review
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Wish I had this book 20 years ago. It is perfect for any college grad or young person embarking on life's journey. Andy Boyle, self-proclaimed "writer, comedian, 'expert'" covers all sorts of "awesomeness" from social, to work, to dating, to self, and more with great humor and surprisingly practical advice. Though snarky at times, and millennial hipster biased (though he cautions readers to stop saying 'hipster') much of his stuff is rooted in good common sense and calls out a potentially self-centered generation to just be decent people. His "a**hole test" is hilarious and widely applicable, for example. Much of what he offers is what you would tell your own kids, but it sounds so much better coming from him, and would be much better received. Definitely adult content -- he needs to come up with a teen version!