Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Book Giveaway! Wife22 by Melanie Gideon**CLOSED

**CLOSED..winner posted here

Imagine if you decided to take an anonymous marriage survey. And not just any survey. One that asks you serious, personal things such as "Describe the moment when you knew your spouse was 'the one'" or "Give one reason why people should get divorced."

I was sent a book called Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon where the main character, Alice Buckle, decides to take such a survey.

ABOUT THE BOOK




For fans of Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’s Diary and Allison Pearson’s I Don’t Know How She Does It comes an irresistible novel of a woman losing herself . . . and finding herself again . . . in the middle of her life.

When Alice Buckle, who has been married to William for nearly twenty years, receives a survey in her e-mail from the Netherfield Center for the Study of Marital Happiness, she is in the doldrums. She loves her husband but they've grown distant, she is bored with her job, and her adolescent children need her less now. And she has reached the age at which her mother died. So as she idly begins answering the questions, she finds herself baring her soul in an anonymous survey she never even intended to respond to. As she struggles, she realizes it has been years since anyone asked deep, serious questions of her, and really listened to her answers. Soon her entire life as she knows it is called into question.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR



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 novel, Wife 22 (to be published in 30 countries and translated into 26 languages and currently in development with Working Title Films) is forthcoming from Ballantine in May 2012. She has written for the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, More, Shape, Marie Claire, the London 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.

Learn more about Melanie by checking out her website here.

Want more? Check out the trailer for the book:






MY REVIEW

I really enjoyed Wife22. It was written in a way that pulls the reader in. As Alice begins to take the survey she begins a bond with Researcher 101, who reads her responses. I was on the edge of my seat wondering if she was going to leave her marriage for this Researcher 101, who happens to be male. I won't give away the ending, but it's very satisfying. If Ms. Gideon wrote another book, I would check it out for sure.


READ AN EXCERPT

If you're curious about the book, go here to read an exerpt!

The book is in stores May 29th. HOWEVER, Random House has graciously offered to give a lucky reader a copy of the book.

(Don't want to wait to try and win? You can buy the book over at Amazon.com here.)

Giveaway Rules

--Must live in the US


Mandatory Entry:
Answer the following question: would YOU ever do a personal marriage survey? (If you aren't married, just think about if you'd do one if you were.)


Extra Entries:

FOLLOW author Melanie Gideon on Twitter.

LIKE Melanie Gideon on Facebook


For each thing you do, please leave a separate comment. I will be running the contest until May 30th.

Good luck!!


I was not paid for this post. My opinions are my own. Random House supplied me with a copy of Wife22 and has offered a copy to the winner.

43 comments:

  1. I would do it if I could get feedback on the answers.

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  2. I would gladly do a survey. I have been married 3 times-currently with husband #3. I am a very open person. Too open.
    And yes...I do live in America.

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  3. Sounds like a good book, I'm gonna have to check it out!

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  4. Yes, I think it would be interesting. I've been married for 8 years in June.

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  5. Married 7 years and have 2 kids. Yep, I'd do a Marriage survery. Sure, why not?

    Thanks for the chance to win a copy of the book!

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  6. I would love to take a marriage survey I've been married almost 15 years, alot of info could be helpful to newlyweds.:)
    (I Love reading your blog I read it everyday)

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  7. Not sure if I can win, but I have a US military address...does that count?

    And yes, I'd answer a survey. I'm pretty open with just about everything, lol!

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  8. Sure, I'd take the marriage survey!

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  9. So very intriguing!! I would definitely do a marriage survey. I am one of those obnoxious people who would make my partner do it with me. lol

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  10. If I was married I would. Heck,I'm in a long distance relationship right now and due to things in life,I have no control over,sometimes I miss those opportunities to take stock of my relationship and see where things might not be the best and where things could be improved. Maybe with a survey I could figure out how to address those issues rather then arguing or pouting.

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  11. I'd probably take the survey....whether I turned it in or not is a different question!

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  12. Yes I would take a survey. I would be very curious to hear the questions!

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  14. I can't wait to read this book!!

    As for the survey, yup I'd take it. I'm pretty much an open book. :)

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  15. Yes, I would do the survey. Why not?

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  16. Yes I would do the survey, I think it would be interesting.

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  17. I don't think I would have any problem taking a survey about my marriage.

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  19. I would do it! In fact, I kind of want to.

    And really, this topic is very appropriate for me at this point in my life. I hope I win but if I don't I think I'll have to shell out the money for it.

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  20. I would do a marriage survey. I feel like it would strengthen my marriage, even if it were hard.

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  21. I would do a personal marriage survey if it was anonymous.

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  22. I like survey's, so I would definitely take it.

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  23. I think I would answer a survey. The answers are usually a sign to me of the good and bad things and can really highlight how I'm feeling at the time.

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  24. I think I would answer a survey. The answers are usually a sign to me of the good and bad things and can really highlight how I'm feeling at the time.

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  25. I would take the survey if I knew I could be anonymous.

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  26. I have been married for 25 years. Three children: eldest son a senior in college, middle daughter a senior in high school, youngest daughter entering high school as a 9th graders. Two years ago we moved to a larger city, husband now travels weekly. I started a new job. I am at a crossroads. Beginning the second half of my life with new and different experiences and interests. Yes, I would love to take a marriage survey , especially if the "listener" would force my husband to take it also and THEN LISTEN to each other. I am definitely loading this book onto my nook.

    Patti

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  27. Absolutely! Anything to help us stay strong and together would be beneficial. I'm nothing if I'm not honest...

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  28. I would do the survey as long as it was kept anonymous

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  29. following on Twitter (at least it is good for something lol)

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  30. Sure, I'd take a survey. As long as it was private!

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  31. I would take the survey, assuming the results were private!

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