Wife 22

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If you like Modern Family, youll love this
A successful marriage is like growing a temperamental plant you have to work hard and tend to it carefully, as Alice Buckle is just discovering.

Despite her husband, two children and straight-talking best friend, Alice suddenly feels lost. Is it just that shes turning the age her mother was when she lost her Or is it that she and her husband seem to have run out of things to say to each other

Help comes in an unexpected form. When Alice starts unburdening herself to a complete stranger online, she starts to see things in a new light. Freed by the anonymity she is known only as Wife 22 she suddenly remembers all the reasons she fell in love with her husband in the first place.

But in the course of baring all, is Alice risking losing everything she once held so dear

Reviews

I loved it, loved it, loved it. It's so funny and true and sad and real and clever and of-the-moment. Also so hopeful and wise and ultimately heartwarming. Marian Keyes

With a quirky narrative that mixes Facebook statuses, questionnaires, Google searches and chatty prose, this is a funny and poignant story that explores how confession can sometimes be the ultimate aphrodisiac Easy Living

Clever and originalwitty and profound. Hugely enjoyable with a controversial ending. Red

A wonderfully clever, sad and funny read. Daily Mail

A juicy story of love, sex, parentlng, ageing and everything in between with a load of originality thrown in. Great stuff. Closer

Author Bio

Melanie Gideon is the bestselling author of 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 thirty-one languages. She has written for The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Shape, Marie Claire, The Times of London, and other publications. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and son.