“40 Days of Dating” Book to Reveal New Details of Couple’s Lives
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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — They came, they saw, and they broke up.
So went the viral 40 Days of Dating experiment in which friends Jessica Walsh and Timothy Goodman tried committing to a relationship, and then documented their experience online in a he-said-she-said-style blog.
Though the confessional was derided by many, other fans were left wanting more when it ended. Soon, such cravings will be fed: This week, the friends-turned-lovers-turned-exes announced that their tome, due on Jan. 20, is now available for preorder.
So what can readers expect from a book built around a dating diary? While Walsh and Goodman didn’t immediately respond to ABC News’ request for comment, a message on the 40 Days of Dating website and emailed to ABC News provided some hints.
Apparently, the pages pick up where the couple left off, having ended their relationship. The story will reveal previously unread excerpts from journals kept during the year following the experiment.
There will also be “Q&As about our childhoods, and our lives before we met; a history of dating and a dating map; worst date stories and essays about love and relationships from our friends; tons of new artwork; and much much more,” the pair wrote. “You’re sure to find the before and after story as fun and deep and interesting as the blog. You’ll also find we added an extra layer to the blog, in the margins, that contains our personal remarks on each other’s entries.”
While the writers acknowledged that “some dismissed the blog as a side-effect of the too-much-information generation,” they asserted that “many more have been loyal followers of our journey– hating to love it, loving to hate it, or just simply loving it.”
For those who fall in either of the former two camps, Walsh and Goodman will include a pointed accessory with each purchase: It will be “a dart to throw at our faces,” they wrote.
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