Nothing Happens Until It Happens to You
A Novel Without Pay, Perks, or Privileges
$31.33
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2011
Summary
Jeffrey Reiner is a middle manager’s dream. Predictable, almost invisible, and lacking ambition, he’s held the same tedious job for eighteen years, typing up the calendar listings for a South Florida weekly. As the economy and the newspaper industry crashed around him, Jeffrey kept his head comfortably in the sand until he was terminated in the middle of his lunch hour. Suddenly Jeffrey is staring at a deadline of twenty-one weeks before his severance pay and unemployment benefits dry up and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780307589866 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0307589862 |
| Author: | T.M. Shine |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2011 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm x 13mm |
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Critics Review
“There’s nothing amusing about getting laid off—except when it’s a story told by the brilliant Terry Shine, one of the funniest writers I know.”
—Dave Barry
“Unpredictable and with deprecating humor, journalist T.M. Shine’s debut will appeal to anyone affected by the current economic crises.”
—Booklist
“Florida journalist Shine turns on his profession with this acidly funny…first novel about a newspaper refugee who takes unemployment harder than most.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“T.M. Shine has more fun with a day than most any other writer can imagine in a year. He turns clock-watching into a bright, comic thrill-ride.”
—Bill Zehme, contributing editor, Esquire magazine and author Lost In the Funhouse
“Humor and profundity are not mutually exclusive, and life can be, and mostly is, serious and funny simultaneously. It’s not always easy to capture that in words, but when T.M. Shine manages to do so, it’s a sign of a master at work.”
—Tom Shroder, former editor of Washington Post Magazine
About The Author
T.M. Shine
T.M.SHINE is an award-winning journalist and author based in South Florida who has written on topics ranging from spending a week in fourth grade at the age of thirty-two to hunting down an elusive Lizard Man in the backwoods of South Carolina. A regular contributor to The Washington Post Magazine, his work has also appeared in numerous publications and been featured on National Public Radio’s This American Life.
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