Comments on: The Slippery Year http://melaniegideon.com The Slippery Year Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:51:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sarah Shaw http://melaniegideon.com/about-the-slippery-year/#comment-613 Sarah Shaw Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:52:22 +0000 http://melaniegideon.wordpress.com/?page_id=67#comment-613 Oh my gosh, if only I was clever enough to write down what I thought that is exactly how I would of liked to have said it... thank you for brightening up my winter in Central Otago, New Zealand, I have giggled so much in the last couple of days,laughed out loud, mostly in hysterical relief that I'm not the only one... and raved to my friends about The Slippery Year and I can't imagine I will find another book I will love as much for a very long time... Oh my gosh, if only I was clever enough to write down what I thought that is exactly how I would of liked to have said it… thank you for brightening up my winter in Central Otago, New Zealand, I have giggled so much in the last couple of days,laughed out loud, mostly in hysterical relief that I’m not the only one… and raved to my friends about The Slippery Year and I can’t imagine I will find another book I will love as much for a very long time…

]]> By: Jill Foschi http://melaniegideon.com/about-the-slippery-year/#comment-566 Jill Foschi Wed, 19 May 2010 22:44:37 +0000 http://melaniegideon.wordpress.com/?page_id=67#comment-566 Hi Melanie, I just finished 'The Slippery Year' and loved it! I could relate to so many parts- we have only one child, I don't cook too much either. But buying the bed part was the best! I too never slept well until I went downstairs and slept in the spare room. Well, let me tell you it was Heaven! I finally remembered what it was like to sleep! Needless to say I spend many a night sleeping alone and we have been together for 30 years now, so I guess it works! I have since spoken to many others and find the same exact situation! Your book just flowed, I couldn't put it down and I am sure everyone that is married or has children can relate to it. Thank you and please write more for us! Sincerely, Jill Hi Melanie,
I just finished ‘The Slippery Year’ and loved it! I could relate to so many parts- we have only one child, I don’t cook too much either. But buying the bed part was the best! I too never slept well until I went downstairs and slept in the spare room. Well, let me tell you it was Heaven! I finally remembered what it was like to sleep! Needless to say I spend many a night sleeping alone and we have been together for 30 years now, so I guess it works! I have since spoken to many others and find the same exact situation! Your book just flowed, I couldn’t put it down and I am sure everyone that is married or has children can relate to it. Thank you and please write more for us! Sincerely, Jill

]]> By: susan rudolf http://melaniegideon.com/about-the-slippery-year/#comment-215 susan rudolf Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:33:08 +0000 http://melaniegideon.wordpress.com/?page_id=67#comment-215 THIS BOOK STICKS TO MEE, I JUST CAN'T BE FREED OF IT! REREADING HELPS MANAGING DAILY LIFE WITH MORE EASE! PLEASE MELANIE DON'T STOP WRITING THERE IS MORE! AND THANKS SHARING IT! SUSAN THIS BOOK STICKS TO MEE, I JUST CAN’T BE FREED OF IT! REREADING HELPS MANAGING DAILY LIFE WITH MORE EASE! PLEASE MELANIE DON’T STOP WRITING THERE IS MORE! AND THANKS SHARING IT! SUSAN

]]> By: Sina http://melaniegideon.com/about-the-slippery-year/#comment-169 Sina Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:17:10 +0000 http://melaniegideon.wordpress.com/?page_id=67#comment-169 Melanie, Get out of my head! You could have been ghostwriting for me, lol. Enjoyed it very much, thank you for the laugh out loud read. Great way to start 2010. Melanie,
Get out of my head! You could have been ghostwriting for me, lol. Enjoyed it very much, thank you for the laugh out loud read. Great way to start 2010.

]]> By: Karen Duffy http://melaniegideon.com/about-the-slippery-year/#comment-152 Karen Duffy Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:03:33 +0000 http://melaniegideon.wordpress.com/?page_id=67#comment-152 Picked up this book from the "new releases" shelf in my local library, never having heard of it, nor you. I finished it last night (found it hard to put down) and absolutely loved it. It provided more proof to me that underneath the personas we present to the world, we're all very similar. Thanks for writing this! I'll be sure to tell others about it. Picked up this book from the “new releases” shelf in my local library, never having heard of it, nor you.

I finished it last night (found it hard to put down) and absolutely loved it.

It provided more proof to me that underneath the personas we present to the world, we’re all very similar. Thanks for writing this! I’ll be sure to tell others about it.

]]> By: Christine http://melaniegideon.com/about-the-slippery-year/#comment-134 Christine Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:56:11 +0000 http://melaniegideon.wordpress.com/?page_id=67#comment-134 Hi Melanie, I LOVED your book! I read it in 2 days and laughed out loud at so many parts. I saw myself in a lot of your thoughts, saying "I think that way too!" I can't wait to read more of your work. Christine Boston, MA Hi Melanie,

I LOVED your book! I read it in 2 days and laughed out loud at so many parts. I saw myself in a lot of your thoughts, saying “I think that way too!” I can’t wait to read more of your work.

Christine
Boston, MA

]]> By: Laura Winter http://melaniegideon.com/about-the-slippery-year/#comment-127 Laura Winter Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:01:03 +0000 http://melaniegideon.wordpress.com/?page_id=67#comment-127 Melanie- I read your book cover-to-cover yesterday and probably drove my husband nuts because I kept pausing the tv shows he was watching to read him excerpts. I'm recommending all my friends read this! I love your honesty and your writing style is beautiful. Our lives are so similar (bay area, one son, questioning committment to husband, etc.) that I would wonder how you got into my head as I was reading! Loved it. Melanie-

I read your book cover-to-cover yesterday and probably drove my husband nuts because I kept pausing the tv shows he was watching to read him excerpts. I’m recommending all my friends read this! I love your honesty and your writing style is beautiful. Our lives are so similar (bay area, one son, questioning committment to husband, etc.) that I would wonder how you got into my head as I was reading! Loved it.

]]> By: Judy http://melaniegideon.com/about-the-slippery-year/#comment-125 Judy Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:31:14 +0000 http://melaniegideon.wordpress.com/?page_id=67#comment-125 I am only half through this book but am head over heels in love. Our lives are very different (I'm an amputee mom with four kids who lives in New York) but so very much the same. The best praise I can give to you is that I find myself reading excerpts to my husband as we lay in bed and he is trying to watch TV. It's something that really bugs him but he is patient and plays along, so I try to only do it with really GREAT passages from GREAT books. It's happening every night since I've started your book. Can't wait to read your next project. Write on! Judy justonefoot.blogspot.com I am only half through this book but am head over heels in love. Our lives are very different (I’m an amputee mom with four kids who lives in New York) but so very much the same. The best praise I can give to you is that I find myself reading excerpts to my husband as we lay in bed and he is trying to watch TV. It’s something that really bugs him but he is patient and plays along, so I try to only do it with really GREAT passages from GREAT books. It’s happening every night since I’ve started your book.
Can’t wait to read your next project. Write on!
Judy
justonefoot.blogspot.com

]]> By: melaniegideon http://melaniegideon.com/about-the-slippery-year/#comment-113 melaniegideon Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:16:54 +0000 http://melaniegideon.wordpress.com/?page_id=67#comment-113 Hi Rachel. My publicist is Andrea Bussell at Knopf, abussell@randomhouse.com. I'm sure she'd be happy to give you a book for a blog giveaway. Nice to hear from you! Hi Rachel. My publicist is Andrea Bussell at Knopf, abussell@randomhouse.com. I’m sure she’d be happy to give you a book for a blog giveaway. Nice to hear from you!

]]> By: David http://melaniegideon.com/about-the-slippery-year/#comment-76 David Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:17:59 +0000 http://melaniegideon.wordpress.com/?page_id=67#comment-76 Hi Melanie I'm finishing reading the book tonight. After hearing your interview on NPR, I had to go out and pick up a copy. I was expecting a "How to restore your relationship with yourself" kind of book, but took a lot more from it. I'm the 41 year old dad who has to sit in the line to pickup his 4 year old daughter. It was a blessing to know that so many others are wondering the same questions that I am, especially "Is this all there is". I read one time that it is easy to love your spouse, but not always easy to like them. I found that to be illustrated in your book very nicely. And so I go through my "Slippery half decade", but with the two women I have found the most love in, by my side. Thanks so much for the comforting words and sharing your views.. David Hi Melanie

I’m finishing reading the book tonight. After hearing your interview on NPR, I had to go out and pick up a copy.
I was expecting a “How to restore your relationship with yourself” kind of book, but took a lot more from it. I’m the 41 year old dad who has to sit in the line to pickup his 4 year old daughter. It was a blessing to know that so many others are wondering the same questions that I am, especially “Is this all there is”.
I read one time that it is easy to love your spouse, but not always easy to like them. I found that to be illustrated in your book very nicely.
And so I go through my “Slippery half decade”, but with the two women I have found the most love in, by my side.

Thanks so much for the comforting words and sharing your views..

David

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