Twelve people decide what matters most in this compulsive and big-hearted novel about a wedding at the end of the world.
Grace and Ben are ready for the celebration of a lifetime. Their dream wedding on a beautiful Italian island, surrounded by their family and friends. But a meteor strike on the other side of the world has grounded all flights, and not everyone is going to make it to the ceremony. And then the real news breaks: a comet is on its way to collide with Earth in just thirty-eight hours. With no phone signal and no way home, the bride and groom and their photographer, friends, and family are left to face the unimaginable: the end of everything. And with only each other for company. As the hours count down, they must reckon with themselves, one another, and the questions that remain when time is about to run out. Tender, warm, and astonishingly wise, Here We Are at the End celebrates what it is to be human: vulnerable, resilient, and alive.
Grace and Ben are ready for the celebration of a lifetime. Their dream wedding on a beautiful Italian island, surrounded by their family and friends. But a meteor strike on the other side of the world has grounded all flights, and not everyone is going to make it to the ceremony. And then the real news breaks: a comet is on its way to collide with Earth in just thirty-eight hours. With no phone signal and no way home, the bride and groom and their photographer, friends, and family are left to face the unimaginable: the end of everything. And with only each other for company. As the hours count down, they must reckon with themselves, one another, and the questions that remain when time is about to run out. Tender, warm, and astonishingly wise, Here We Are at the End celebrates what it is to be human: vulnerable, resilient, and alive.