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. When he is suddenly fired, Jeffrey has no choice but to push beyond his comfort zone. As Jeffrey stumbles from one comic catastrophe to another, he realizes that in opening up to the world, he no longer wants to go back to his safe, sheltered corner. Full of whimsy, wry humor, and surprising insight, Terry Shine's Nothing Happens Until It Happens to You (Crown, $23.00) is a weird, wonderful journey of self-discovery that proves there’s life after the pink slip after all. 8pm