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

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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?

Jessica PanJessica PanTransworld Digital

Anxiety Disorders

Communication & Social Skills

Emotions

Mental Health

Personal Development

Psychology & Mental Health

Self-Esteem

Health

Witty

Funny

Inspiring

Heartfelt

Anxiety Disorders Communication & Social Skills Emotions Mental Health Personal Development Psychology & Mental Health Self-Esteem Health Witty Funny Inspiring Heartfelt

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.

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.