July Review/Host a Giveaway: Year of the Cock by Alan Wieder

[Valerie Russo]

Year of the Cock: The Remarkable True Account of a Married Man Who ... by Alan Wieder is available for reviews and/or giveaways.

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BOOK INFORMATION:

From a powerful new voice in nonfiction comes this electrifying chronicle of a married man who leaves his wife to pursue a carefree bachelorhood - only to plunge into an abyss of shame, regret, and penis envy.

Thirty-year-old Alan Wieder has everything a man could possibly want: a nice home in L.A., a thriving Hollywood career, and to top it all off, a beautiful and adoring wife. Then one day in 2005 - the Year of the Rooster - he wakes up with questions: Have I settled down too soon? Am I consigned to a humdrum future of marriage, kiddies, home-cooked meals and hybrid SUVs? How the %&! did this happen to me?

And just like that - after ten years in a committed relationship - Alan decides to walk out on his wife to pursue his fantasy of becoming a hardcore bachelor. Explaining very little, thinking even less, he dives into his exhilarating new single existence - buying a vintage Porsche, moving into a tastefully decorated bachelor pad, ignoring his wife, and bedding as many chicks as possible. However, to Alan's surprise and dismay, becoming a single dude also unleashes in him a torrent of crippling insecurities that he didn't even know he had. And soon, his would-be swingin' bachelorhood is cut short - very short - by a strange and shameful obsession that drives him to utter madness.

Some men leave their wives only to discover that the grass isn't greener. What Alan Wieder discovers - about the perils of newfound freedom, and about his own fragile male psyche - is far more agonizing and wretched. In this riveting and brutally honest memoir, Alan recounts the true story of his impulsive, wild, and ultimately disastrous foray into bachelorhood. A tragicomic tale of betrayal, sexual (mis)adventure, and ultimately redemption, Year of the Cock marks the debut of a remarkably talented new writer.

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"AN OFFICIAL SITE FOR THE BOOK WILL LAUNCH JULY 15. COCK-A-DOODLE-DO."

[Bridget Hopper]

I would like to host a giveaway for this.

[Sharon Walling]

Sounds like a great book. Would love to read. Will email you.

[Becky L]

Memoirs are my favorite genre and I would love to review and host a giveaway for this book.

[Beth's Book Review Blog]

This looks fascinating. I'd love to do a giveaway. E-mailing you now.

Beth
Beth's Book Review Blog

[gaby lapus]

I would like to host a giveaway and review this book. I'll send an email!

[Park-Avenue Princess]

I'm emailing you again Valerie!

xoxo Amy