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Awareness Daze
- Author
- Dan Brotzel
- Narrator
- Sam Stafford
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 12 December 2024
- Run Time
- 11 hours 13 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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He had no idea what he was letting himself in for.
Dressing up as a gorilla then a daffodil, growing a ‘tash (sort of), eating fish fingers with custard, working for a food bank and signing up for a marathon, Dan both learned a lot and amassed a huge collection of wristbands.
He met fascinating people: a town crier, a hermit, a man born intersex, a stationery fetishist. Some people were facing life-changing challenges while others were movers and shakers in the strange world of made-up holidays.
As the days passed, he wondered what it all meant, in a world where World Lymphoma Awareness Day clashes with National Double Cheeseburger Day.
“Proof that fake holidays can inspire real change... I've learned more in these 200 pages than in a whole year of social media platitudes. This curious, creative, compassionate study of awareness days charmed even a fake holiday cynic like me.'” FRANCESCA LAWSON, CREATOR, GENDER PAY GAP BOT
“A master story-teller and observer of people and relationships”' CHRISTY LEFTERI, AUTHOR OF THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO
“A genuinely laugh-out-loud writer” CM Taylor, AUTHOR OF PREMIERSHIP PSYCHO
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Details
- Author
- Dan Brotzel
- Narrator
- Sam Stafford
- Duration
- 11 hours 13 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 December 2024
- ISBN
- 9781004140619
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Memoirs, Sociology: sport and leisure, Humour
Synopsis
National Wash Your Nose Day, Feeding Tube Awareness Week, Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day… On January 1, 2022, Dan Brotzel decided to observe a different awareness dayevery day for a whole year.He had no idea what he was letting himself in for.Dressing up as a gorilla then a daffodil, growing a ‘tash (sort of), eating fish fingers with custard, working for a food bank and signing up for a marathon, Dan both learned a lot and amassed a huge collection of wristbands.He met fascinating people: a town crier, a hermit, a man born intersex, a stationery fetishist. Some people were facing life-changing challenges while others were movers and shakers in the strange world of made-up holidays.As the days passed, he wondered what it all meant, in a world where World Lymphoma Awareness Day clashes with National Double Cheeseburger Day.“Proof that fake holidays can inspire real change... I've learned more in these 200 pages than in a whole year of social media platitudes. This curious, creative, compassionate study of awareness days charmed even a fake holiday cynic like me.'” FRANCESCA LAWSON, CREATOR, GENDER PAY GAP BOT“A master story-teller and observer of people and relationships”' CHRISTY LEFTERI, AUTHOR OF THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO“A genuinely laugh-out-loud writer” CM Taylor, AUTHOR OF PREMIERSHIP PSYCHO
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