This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

First impressions matter—especially when you're trying to convince someone that you're a functioning human being and not a sleep-deprived overthinker with crumbs in your handbag and a mild existential crisis.

In How to Pretend You're Normal for Two Hours, Fran Preston offers a survival guide for the socially anxious, romantically hopeful, and emotionally chaotic among us who are just trying to make it through a date without accidentally oversharing or sweating through our shirt. From mastering the art of small talk to strategically timing your toilet break, this book is your essential prep guide for getting through the most deceptively high-stakes event in modern life: the first date.

With laugh-out-loud honesty, painfully relatable anecdotes, and genuinely helpful tips, Fran helps you fake confidence just long enough to see if there's a real connection underneath the nerves. Because deep down, we're all pretending a little bit—and that's perfectly normal.

Sort of.