{"product_id":"end-of-the-world-house-9781982169497","title":"End of the World House","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGroundhog Day \u003c\/i\u003emeets Ling Ma's \u003ci\u003eSeverance \u003c\/i\u003ein this \"brilliant\" (\u003ci\u003ePopSugar\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"exhilarating\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e) comedic novel about two young women trying to save their friendship as the world collapses around them. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBertie and Kate have been best friends since high school. Bertie is a semi-failed cartoonist, working for a prominent Silicon Valley tech firm. Her job depresses her, but not as much as the fact that Kate has recently decided to move from San Francisco to Los Angeles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Bertie's attempts to make Kate stay fail, she suggests the next best thing: a trip to Paris that will hopefully distract the duo from their upcoming separation. The vacation is also a sort of last hurrah, coming during the ceasefire in a series of escalating world conflicts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne night in Paris, they meet a strange man in a bar who offers them a private tour of the Louvre. The women find themselves alone in the museum, where nothing is quite as it seems. Caught up in a day that keeps repeating itself, Bertie and Kate are eventually separated, and Bertie is faced with a mystery that threatens to derail everything. In order to make her way back to Kate, Bertie has to figure out how much control she has over her future--and her past--and how to survive in an apocalypse when the world keeps refusing to end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982169497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Adrienne Celt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42746003423413,"sku":"9781982169497","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1709bbc4-345a-4f88-a60d-895ff68b88bf.jpg?v=1676995608","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/end-of-the-world-house-9781982169497","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}