Melanie Gideon is the bestselling author of The Slippery Year: A Meditation on Happily Ever After, which was named an NPR and San Francisco Chronicle best book of the year. She is also the author of two young adult novels: Pucker and The Map That Breathed, both New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, More, Shape, The Times, the Daily Mail, and Marie Claire. She was born and raised in Rhode Island. She now lives in the Bay Area with her husband and son.
“An LOL Instagram about love in a wired world.”—People
“Vibrant, au courant, and hilarious . . . brilliant!”—Adriana
Trigiani
“This modern-day, mixed-media comedy of manners is as
up-to-the-minute as your favorite Twitter feed.”—The Washington
Post
“A skillful blend of pop-culture references, acidic humor, and
emotional moments. It will take its rightful place . . . alongside
Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’s Diary, Anna Maxted’s Getting Over
It, and Allison Pearson’s I Don’t Know How She Does It.”—Library
Journal (starred review)
“Channels the playful but incisive vibe of Nora Ephron’s You’ve Got
Mail.”—NPR
“Fresh and funny . . . a delightful, thoroughly modern, guilty
pleasure of a read.”—San Francisco Chronicle
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