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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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About this listen

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?

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Critic reviews

Tender, courageous and extremely funny, this book will make us all braver. (Daisy Buchanan)
Painfully hilarious
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)
A chronicle of Pan’s hilarious and painful year of being an extrovert.
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)
Well, I adored this. Beautifully written, fascinating and so, so funny. Had me properly guffawing on the bus. (Lauren Bravo)
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come achieves what so many books claim (but then frankly fail) to do: making you laugh, while at the same time managing to inspire. Pan is a gem, and her introvert's exploration of extroversion is all at once delightful and deftly rendered. (Sara Barron)
Relatable, moving, and fantastically funny. (Rhik Samadder)
Hilarious, unexpected and ultimately life-affirming.
Beautifully written and so funny! I related to it A LOT.
All stars
Most relevant
This book has simply changed the way I think. It may well have a significant impact on my life. Check back in one year.

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A wonderful personal account of her experience of what it is like for someone who is naturally shy.

Jessica Pan’s story is so relatable to many people and I laughed and sympathized with her, hearing how she suffered at periods of her life and marveled at her exploits in becoming slightly more extrovert and improve her quality of life.

Wonderfully Funny & Heartwarming At The Same Time.

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Very relatable and funny! Jess' courage to overcome her introversion have really inspired me to do the same. Although I won't be doing stand up comedy anytime soon!

Truly inspiring story!

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I loved this audio book, it is funny, relatable and thoroughly enjoyable! Jessica Pan is a brilliant narrator!

Loved!

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First half was great. Really interesting and funny. Second half was quite waffley and I got bored. I could relate to a lot of things in the book, like trying BFF. It’s definitely worth listening to.

First half was great

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