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Etiquette For the End of the World - Jeanne Martinet (2012)
Tess Eliot, 39, recently dumped by her long-term boyfriend, fired from a beloved job and axed by a best friend, is trying to sail through this dreadful phase of her life in New York City. She is passing her days scrapping by with whatever money she has while trying not to think about a brother who inherited all of their family property and decided not to give her a single penny. Desperate for a job and money, Tess takes an assignment to write an etiquette guide which would prepare the people for the end of the earth (as per the Mayan calendar) in 2012. The organisation - WOOSH - is dead certain that the world will end in a matter of a few months. Though Tess doesn't believe that the world is coming to an end, she still embarks on the journey to write the guide book and during her adventure she falls head over heels for one of the members of WOOSH but little did she know that this gorgeous man has a questionable history. This book is not a regular chick lit read but it still an interesting read. And if you do believe in the Mayan prediction, then this book has tons of information about it. (SS)
Jeanne Martinet's debut novel, Etiquette for the End of the World, is a romantic comedy of post-millennial manners, apocalyptic career moves, and a woman's last chance to get life right. The synopsis says: "It's not the end of the world. That's what 39-year-old Tess Eliot has to remind herself after losing her newspaper column ("Tess Knows Best") and being dumped by her boyfriend for a younger woman (a feng shui expert? Really?) Then Tess is hired to write an etiquette guide preparing readers for the Ancient Mayan doomsday of December 21, 2012, and she has to ask herself: Could the world really be coming to an end? At first, Tess fakes her way through chapters like "Boundaries in the Bunker" and "Cannibalism: Yes or No?" But after uncovering a secret plot for world destruction, she is forced to embark on a life-changing odyssey of her own - involving all-too-close encounters with touchy-feely survivalists, conspiracy theorists and one handsome guy who seems way too perfect." Head to the author's website for a peek at chapter one. Martinet is a freelance writer based in New York who has published several non-fiction titles.