{"product_id":"the-planets-amy-thorstenson-9798666793787","title":"The Planets: Or, How I Kept It Cute at the End of the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe end of the world was just the beginning.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a small Midwest town, a young woman desperately wants to become a concert violinist. But nothing-not being attacked by her crazy drug dealer, not even a rollerskating Tesla cult-can distract her from her own gut-wrenching failure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNothing, that is... until the world ends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the bombs begin to fall, she moves into an off-the-grid bunker with her survivalist boyfriend. Suddenly her fears of career failure seem quaint as she's forced to endure starvation, radioactive fallout, homicidal strangers, and pooping in a bucket. But in a world where Armageddon has already come, somehow things just keep getting worse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe novel jumps between snapshots of her life Before The Event and her fight to survive afterward. And intertwined throughout are excerpts of a darkly funny self-help book, Keeping It Cute at the End of the World. Chapters like \"Who To Bring Back To Your Bunker\" and \"Gear \u0026amp; Gizmos for the End Times\" provide genuine tips for surviving an apocalypse in a sassy entertaining style. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis funny, weird, and heart-breaking novel explores love, music, memories, survival... and how we can all keep it cute at the end of the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Thorstenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798666793787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Amy Thorstenson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851848724735,"sku":"9798666793787","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-planets-amy-thorstenson-9798666793787","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}