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About The Book
For fans of Helen Fieldings Bridget Joness Diary and Allison Pearsons I Dont Know How She Does It comes an irresistible novel of a woman losing herself . . . and finding herself again . . . in the middle of her life.
Maybe it was those extra five pounds Id gained. Maybe it was because I was about to turn the same age my mother was when I lost her. Maybe it was because after almost twenty years of marriage my husband and I seemed to be running out of things to say to each other. But when the anonymous online study called Marriage in the 21st Century showed up in my inbox, I had no idea how profoundly it would change my life. It wasnt long before I was assigned both a pseudonym (Wife 22) and a caseworker (Researcher 101). And, just like that, I found myself answering questions.
7. Sometimes I tell him hes snoring when hes not snoring so hell sleep in the guest room, and I can have the bed all to myself.
61. Chet Baker on the tape player. He was cutting peppers for the salad. I looked at those hands and thought, I am going to have this mans children.
67. To not want what you dont have. What you cant have. What you shouldnt have.
32. That if we werent careful, it was possible to forget one another.
Before the study, my life was an endless blur of school lunches and doctors appointments, family dinners, budgets, and trying to discern the fastest-moving line at the grocery store. I was Alice Buckle: spouse of William and mother to Zoe and Peter, drama teacher and Facebook chatter, downloader of memories and Googler of solutions. But these days, Im also Wife 22. And somehow, my anonymous correspondence with Researcher 101 has taken an unexpectedly personal turn. Soon, Ill have to make a decisionone that will affect my family, my marriage, my whole life. But at the moment, Im too busy answering questions. As it turns out, confession can be a very powerful aphrodisiac.
About the Author
Melanie Gideon is the bestselling author of Valley of the Moon, Wife 22, and The Slippery Year: A Meditation on Happily Ever After, as well as three young adult novels. Wife 22 has been translated into 31 languages and is currently in development with Working Title Films. She was born and raised in Rhode Island and now lives in the Bay Area with her husband and son.
Genre: Contemporary Women's Fiction
Paperback, 380 Pages, 213mm x 133mm x 30mm
ISBN 978-0-007-42548-8
