Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon FIC Gid

Alice Buckle is middle-aged. She is approaching the age her mother was when she died.  She has been married for 20 years and has two children.  She worries about her kids and feels that her marriage is stagnant.  One day she sees an email about a research project studying Marriage in the 21st Century.  After checking to make sure that it has come from a reliable source she decides to reply and is accepted into the study.  It might be interesting and she will be paid $1000 at the end.  She is now officially known as Wife 22 and is assigned a caseworker known as Researcher 101.  As her life seems to be spiraling out of control (her husband is having job problems, her son may be gay and her daughter is acting very odd) she finds herself developing a dependency on her caseworker.  Researcher 101 seems to be so understanding and interested in her that she finds herself confessing things online that she never would to her husband.  They move beyond the questionnaires and set up a private Facebook account where they communicate.  Alice becomes a slave to her phone as she constantly is checking for messages.  It was a very readable book and an interesting story.  Is social media a friend or foe?  I enjoyed this book a lot.