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That was awkward : the art & etiquette of the awkward hug / Emily Flake.

by Flake, Emily, 1977-

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Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019.

Hugging -- Humor.

American wit and humor.

9781984879585 (hc.)

1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 20 cm.

Emily Flake's cartoons and humorous essays run regularly in The New Yorker, The Nib, and many other publications. Her weekly strip, Lulu Eightball, ran in alt-weeklies for many years.

"We've all been there. You encounter the mother of your recent ex. That guy your best friend dated sophomore year. That friend-of-a-friend who you've met once but keeps popping up in your 'People You May Know' feed. Do you shake hands? Do you hug? Do you -- horrors -- kiss on the cheek? And then the inevitable: The awkward 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 that have plagued us all. Filled with laugh-out-loud anecdotes and illustrations, astute observations, and wise advice, 'That Was Awkward' is a heartwarming reminder that we're all in this together, grasping hastily at each other in an attempt to say: let's embrace to remind ourselves of our essential and connecting humanity, but also, please don't touch me for more than three seconds." --Barnes&Noble.

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