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Jane and Dan at the End of the World

By: Colleen Oakley
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
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Date night goes off the rails when one unhappy couple find themselves taken hostage by a climate activist group

'Marital discord meets mortal danger in this high-stakes tongue-in-cheek romp' Good Housekeeping

'The true definition of unputdownable... A must-read!' LIBBY PAGE, author of The Lido

'My favourite book of the year' SHELBY VAN PELT, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures

'This sharply original romp is entirely too much fun' People

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Jane and Dan have been married for nineteen years, but Jane isn't sure they're going to make it to twenty. She feels unneeded by her teenagers, her one published novel has sold under five hundred copies, and she's pretty sure Dan is cheating on her. Arriving at renowned restaurant La Fin du Monde to celebrate their anniversary, Jane thinks it's time to ask for a divorce.

But before they even get to the second course, a climate activist group bursts into the room. Jane is shocked - and not just because she's in a movie-style hostage situation. Nearly everything the disorganized activists say and do is right out of the pages of her failed book. Which means Jane and Dan are the only ones who know what's going to happen next. And they're the only ones who can stop it. If they can survive this, maybe they can survive anything - even marriage.

©2025 Colleen Oakley (P)2025 Penguin Audio
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I was rather disappointed by this book. I actually like the premise of a hostage situation from the perspective of the hostages. But the the titular characters were almost unbearable. It's not that they were written poorly as much as they written as selfish and self-interested. The marriage at the center of the story is on the brink of divorce at the start and by the end of the book I would understand how the marriage had lasted the 19 years to that point. The relationship between Jane and Dan feels as though it was written by someone who has only had relationships that ended cold and bitter. Overall I don't think this is a bad book, it's just not to my taste.

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