Adulthood for Beginners: All the Life Secrets Nobody Bothered to Tell You

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Smart, funny, essential life advice for millennials, from a writer/comedian who learned the hard way 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 book 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

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Darn funnyan advice book aimed at young people that might just do them some good while providing a laugh or two.
--Associated Press

"Boyles book is hard to put down and full of solid advice. Its the perfect gift for a high school or college graduate."
--Library Journal

Author Bio

Andy Boyle is a writer, comedian and web developer. His work, including a viral piece about giving up drinking has been in Esquire, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, The St. Petersburg Times and The New York Times Regional Media Group, where his work was cited in the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News. When he's not teaching a class in digital storytelling at Columbia College Chicago or working on screenplays, he performs comedy wherever he can, usually in venues that shouldn't allow comedy. He lives in Chicago with his way-too-fluffy cat Tiberius.