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People magazine called it hilarious, and it’s easy to see why. This sharp and laugh-out-loud story about midlife, marriage, and misadventure comes from the USA Today bestselling author of The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise. It’s a wild tale of one couple’s romantic night out that turns into a criminal fiasco.

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by Zibby Owens and a Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick!

Jane and Dan have spent nineteen years married, but Jane is starting to doubt they’ll reach their twentieth anniversary. Life feels stalled—her teenagers barely seem to need her anymore, and her writing career has flatlined spectacularly, with only one novel published and fewer than 500 copies sold. And to top it all off, she’s certain her husband, Dan, is cheating.

Hoping to salvage some dignity, Jane chooses an upscale restaurant, the chic La Fin du Monde, as the perfect setting to tell Dan she wants a divorce. But things quickly go from bad to completely surreal when a bumbling band of climate activists storms into the dining room and takes everyone hostage. Jane is shocked, and not just because she’s suddenly living through something she’d previously only seen onscreen—the activists’ chaotic declarations and antics come directly from the plot of her failed novel. Even Dan (who Jane doubted even read it) notices how closely it all aligns.

Now Jane and Dan find themselves uniquely positioned—they alone know exactly what will happen next, and they’re the only ones who might stop things from escalating further. When Jane said “til death do us part” nearly two decades ago, this wasn’t at all what she had in mind. But if the two of them can somehow survive the evening, perhaps there’s hope they’ll survive everything else—even their marriage.