Etiquette for the End of the World

A romantic comedy of post-millennial manners, apocalyptic career moves, and a

woman’s last chance to get life right…

RULE #1: DON’T PANIC—IT ONLY ATTRACTS SHARKS

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.