Wife 22 - Hardcover

Advance praise for "Wife 22"
"Chick-lit fans over the age of 30 will want to rush home from work, kick off their shoes, mix themselves tart cocktails, and settle down to read this wry debut novel.... It will take its rightful place in the chick-lit canon alongside Helen Fielding's "Bridget Jones's Diary," Anna Maxted's "Getting Over It," and Allison Pearson's "I Don't Know How She Does It."" --"Library Journal," starred review
"Superb.... Comprising a tapestry of traditional narrative, e-mails, Facebook chats, and other digital media, Gideon's work is an honest assessment of a woman's struggle to reconcile herself with her desires and responsibilities, as well as a timely treatise on the anonymity and intimacy afforded by digital communiques. Fully formed supporting characters and a nuanced emotional story line make Gideon's fiction debut shimmer." --"Publishers Weekly," starred review
""Wife 22" is absolutely fresh, vibrant, au courant, and hilarious. As you read, you will swear that this deft novelist hacked your phone and unearthed your longtime marital secrets and maternal struggles with a keen ear and an open heart. Brilliant! Melanie Gideon owns the moment with this debut."--Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of "The Shoemaker's Wife"
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"Refreshing, original, and crackling with energy, "Wife 22" is a brilliant, engrossing novel about the way we love and live now. Prepare to be dazzled."--Elin Hilderbrand, author of "Summerland"
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"Absolutely delicious! What Bridget Jones did for single women, Alice Buckle will do for married ones. Melanie Gideon's "Wife 22" is a fabulously funny contemplation of relationships and parenthood in the twenty-first century."--Meg Waite Clayton, author of "The Four Ms. Bradwells" and "The Wednesday Sisters"
"Well, isn't "this" a fun read! Not only fun, but funny. Not only funny, but wildly inventive. Not only wildly inventive, but poignant. "Wife 22" is also wise in matters of the h

"An LOL Instagram about love in a wired world." --"People"

"Vibrant, au courant, and hilarious . . . brilliant!" --Adriana Trigiani

"This modern-day, mixed-media comedy of manners is as up-to-the-minute as your favorite Twitter feed."--"The Washington Post"

"A skillful blend of pop-culture references, acidic humor, and emotional moments. It will take its rightful place . . . alongside Helen Fielding's "Bridget Jones's Diary, " Anna Maxted's "Getting Over It, "and Allison Pearson's "I Don't Know How She Does It"."--"Library Journal" (starred review)

"Channels the playful but incisive vibe of Nora Ephron's "You've Got Mail"."--NPR

"Fresh and funny . . . a delightful, thoroughly modern, guilty pleasure of a read."--"San Francisco Chronicle"

"An LOL Instagram about love in a wired world."--"People"

"Vibrant, au courant, and hilarious . . . brilliant!"--Adriana Trigiani

"This modern-day, mixed-media comedy of manners is as up-to-the-minute as your favorite Twitter feed."--"The Washington Post"

"A skillful blend of pop-culture references, acidic humor, and emotional moments. It will take its rightful place . . . alongside Helen Fielding's "Bridget Jones's Diary, " Anna Maxted's "Getting Over It, "and Allison Pearson's "I Don't Know How She Does It"."--"Library Journal" (starred review)

"Channels the playful but incisive vibe of Nora Ephron's "You've Got Mail"."--NPR

"Fresh and funny . . . a delightful, thoroughly modern, guilty pleasure of a read."--"San Francisco Chronicle"

Baring her soul in an anonymous survey for a marital happiness study, Alice catalogues her stale marriage, unsatisfying job and unfavorable prospects and begins to question virtually every aspect of her life. A first adult novel by the best-selling author of The Slippery Year. (general fiction).