Book description
'Wife 22 depicts the ridiculous ease with which we reveal our innermost
thoughts to complete strangers but not those we know and love' Vogue
Maybe it was because I was about to turn the same age my mother was
when I lost her. Maybe it was because my husband and I were running out
of things to say to each other.
But when the online study called “Marriage in the 21st Century” showed
up in my inbox, I had no idea it would change my life. It wasn't long
before I was assigned both a pseudonym (Wife 22) and a caseworker
(Researcher 101).
And, just like that, I found myself answering questions.
Before the study, I was Alice Buckle: wife and mother, drama teacher
and Facebook chatter, downloader of memories and Googler of solutions.
But these days, I'm also Wife 22. And somehow, my correspondence with
Researcher 101 has taken an unexpectedly personal turn. Soon, I'll have
to make a decision-one that will affect my family, my marriage, my whole
life. But at the moment, I'm too busy answering questions.
As it turns out, confession can be a very powerful aphrodisiac. '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 statues, 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
'“Did I really try and pass off Ikea meatballs as my own? Did I really
admit to our friends that we have sex only once a month?” Just minor
questions for Alice Buckle as her life scrambles' Sainsbury's Magazine
'In the crowded pool of novels about midlife crises, Wife 22 has the
buoyancy of water wings' Washington Post Melanie Gideon is the author
of the New York Times bestselling memoir The Slippery Year, which
received huge critical acclaim. She has written for The Times, the Daily
Mail, the Guardian, More and Marie Claire.
