The Engagement Game

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“Brutally, beautifully honest” — PEOPLE

Joi-Marie almost has it all; a thriving career, a supportive family, great friends, and an apartment in Manhattan. What she doesn’t have is a husband.

TheEngagementGameBookCover Ambitious, confident, and successful, Joi-Marie believes she has it all figured out. At 28 years old, she has an enviable job as a producer, covering entertainment in New York City. Her close-knit family is loving and encouraging, and her boyfriend, Adam, is as close to perfect as you can get — except for the fact that he won’t propose.

After receiving a laundry list of advice on how to secure a proposal, even researching how to cook “engagement chicken,” Joi-Marie realizes that in the process of trying to attain her perfect life, she has slowly become a person she doesn’t recognize.

With this discovery, she must make a decision: pretend to be someone she’s not in order to have the life she envisioned or have the courage to be herself and find her happily ever after in a way she never expected.

As Joi-Marie says in her disclaimer, “The Engagement Game” is not a how-to book. Instead, it’s a hilarious critique of the patriarchal construct of marriage, the myth of marital privilege and singlism.

“The Engagement Game: Why I Said ‘I Don’t’ to Marriage and ‘I Do’ To Me” is out now.

Book Clubs:

This comprehensive 20-question guide was developed for book clubs to use while reading, “The Engagement Game.” Download it here. To invite Joi-Marie to attend your book club’s reading, contact Nicole Stern.

More Praise for “The Engagement Game”:

“Not only an engaging read but courageous…”
— THE DAILY BEAST

“Laugh-out-loud funny book…”
— REFINERY 29

“Reading The Engagement Game is like brunch with your best friend…”
— ESSENCE

“Friggin’ hilarious…”
— THE WASHINGTON POST

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