Melanie Gideon





Melanie Gideon

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Melanie Gideon is the author of the memoir The Slippery Year: A Meditation on Happily Ever After, an NPR and San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2009, and a New York Times bestseller, as well as three young adult novels. Her latest novel, Wife 22, will be translated into 26 languages and is currently in development with Working Title Films. She has written for the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, More, Shape, Marie Claire, theLondon Times, the Daily Mail and other publications. She was born and raised in Rhode Island and now lives in the Bay Area with her husband and son. Wife 22 is her first novel for adults.


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I feel like I’ve been on another planet for the past two months and although the travel and the adventures were wonderful, I am so, so happy to be home. Well, I’ve done my job. Wife 22 is officially launched and out there in the world and I am just starting to dip my toe into the waters of my new novel. This is my absolute favorite part of being a writer. Starting from the beginning once again....

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Average rating: 3.53 · 5,808 ratings · 1,538 reviews · 6 distinct works · Similar authors
Wife 22
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 5,030 ratings — published 2012 — 20 editions
The Slippery Year
3.15 of 5 stars 3.15 avg rating — 445 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions
Pucker
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions
The Map That Breathed
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
The Girl Who Swallowed the ...
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994
Las Mujeres Casadas no habl...
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012
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“For the first half of your life each minute feels like a year, but for the second half, each year feels like a minute.”
Melanie Gideon, Wife 22

“What was unspoken between us, what need never be explained or said, was that nobody would ever love us again like our mothers did. Yes, we would be loved, by our fathers, our friends, our siblings, our aunts and uncles and grandparents and spouses--and our children if we chose to have them--but never would we experience that kind of unconditional, nothing-you-can-do-will-turn-me-away-from-you kind of mother love.”
Melanie Gideon, Wife 22

“When I'm in pain I want everyone I love on the island with me, sitting around the fire, getting drunk on coconut milk, banging out a plan.”
Melanie Gideon, Wife 22

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