Alexandra and the Awful, Awkward, No Fun, Truly Bad Dates

By Rebekah Manley

Alexandra and the Awful, Awkward, No Fun, Truly Bad Dates

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Follow Alexandra and her adorable French bulldog pup Lottie as Alex goes on 30 dates in 30 days in this charming parody/comedic dating horror story all about dating apps, being stood up, and the other joys of millennial dating culture.

Set in the thick of our swipe right society, newly thirty-year-old Alexandra decides she’s got nothing to lose and sets off on a 30-dates-in-30-days adventure. 

With her trusty French bulldog pup Lottie, Alex experiences the worst of millennial dating culture. From know-it-alls and bores to Mama’s boys and no-shows and everything else in between, you’ll be laughing along with Alex as she searches for love but ultimately discovers something a lot more meaningful. 

Alexandra and the Awful, Awkward, No Fun, Truly Bad Dates is the perfect gift for anyone who has swiped right, blind dated, or simply been a little bit lost in love at one point in their life.

  1. SNARKY DATING BOOKS SELL BIG NUMBERS: How to Date Men When You Hate Men has sold 13,000 copies on NPD since its 2019 pub date. 
  2. BIG AUDIENCE: Just over half of Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 (38 million readers) do not have a steady romantic partner (General Social Survey, 2018).
  3. PARODIES OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS (FOR ADULTS) SELL: Go the F*ck to Sleep has sold over a million copies since its 2011 pub date.
  4. MILLENNIALS LOVE HELPFUL HUMOR BOOKS: Kind of Coping has sold over 6,000 copies in less than a year, and Adulthood Is a Myth has sold 64,000 copies since 2016.
  5. AUTHOR WORKS FOR TEXAS CENTER FOR THE BOOK.

Rebekah Manley

Rebekah Manley holds her Master of Fine Arts in Children’s Literature from Hollins University and feels like she’s earned her MFA in dating. She lives in Austin, TX and is fueled by swimming, queso and good conversation. Rebekah runs the Texas Center for the Book and works to encourage literacy, reading and library use in the Lone Star State. You can read more at rebekahmanley.com and on her blog bravetutu.com. Please connect on Twitter: @RebekahAManley and Instagram: @RebekahAManley & @YourBraveTutu.