Melanie Gideon was born and raised in Rhode Island. She now lives in the Bay Area with her husband and son.
Advance Praise for Melanie Gideon's "The Slippery Year
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"As Gideon discerns the ludicrous and the miraculous within the
precincts of the sweetly ordinary, she unleashes a refreshingly
piquant literary wit. . . . There is nothing contrived, trite, or
holier-than-thou in this crisply hilarious, candid, and affecting
contemplation. Instead, Gideon's self-depreciating and wry insights
into the mysteries of marriage, parenthood, and the evolution of
the self are astute, pragmatic, and generous, providing the perfect
antidote to the everyday blues."
--Donna Seaman, "Booklist"
"Gideon explores her pain, doubt, regret, and confusion as a wife
and mother at midlife with great poise and insight and, ultimately,
a gentle aura of hope."
--Lisa Shea, "Elle"
"Like all the best books, The Slippery Year reminds us that we are
not alone-not alone in our fears about our kids, not alone in our
struggle to make meaning of our lives, and most definitely not
alone in our volcanic rages about the car pool line. Melanie Gideon
is a wonderful companion-smart, rueful and painfully funny. Truly,
the one thing wrong with this book is that it had to end."
--Allison Pearson, Author of "I Don't Know How She Does It"
"Ever wonder what's running through your wife's mind? Read "The
Slippery Year." Gideon has an utterly charming way of turning the
constant compromises of married life into riotous poetic
insight."
--Po Bronson, author of "NutureShock
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"Funny, wrenching and spot-on. Gideon weaves a kind of magic here,
polishing the days until they gleam like gold."
--Julia Scheeres, author of "Jesus Land
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"In this marvelous memoir Ms. Gideon appears to be channeling
everything I've ever felt, thought, feared, hoped about
motherhood."
--Ayelet Waldman author of "Bad Mother, a Chronicle of Maternal
Crimes Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace"
"Within hours of finishing "The Slippery Year," I was raving to
friends about its per
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