Confessions of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella

Title: Confessions of a Shopaholic

Author: Sophia Kinsella

Publisher: New York : Delta Trade Paperbacks, c2001
ISBN: 9780440244875
Copyright: 2001
Pages: 310

Quick Review: 3 stars (out of 5)

Why I Read It: David recommended it to me.

Where I Obtained the Book: Got it at my local library.

Synopsis: Meet Rebecca Bloomwood.

She’s a journalist. She spends her working life telling others how to manage their money.
She spends her leisure time … shopping.

Retail therapy is the answer to all her problems. She knows she should stop, but she can’t. She tries Cutting Back, she tries Making More Money. But neither seems to work. The stories she concocts become more and more fantastic as she tries to untangle her increasingly dire financial difficulties. Her only comfort is to buy herself something – just a little something…

Can Becky ever escape from this dream world, find true love, and regain the use of her Switch card?

Review: I liked this book, it was funny and I laughed out loud in several spots. This book is so much better than the movie. Rebecca is cute, sweet and needs to stop spending money. This is a fun cute story with a bit of romance thrown in. I recommend this to anyone.

Author Biography: Sophie wrote her first novel under her real name, Madeleine Wickham, at the tender age of 24, whilst she was working as a financial journalist. The Tennis Party was immediately hailed as a success by critics and the public alike and became a top ten bestseller. She went on to publish six more novels as Madeleine Wickham: A Desirable Residence, Swimming Pool Sunday, The Gatecrasher, The Wedding Girl, Cocktails for Three and Sleeping Arrangements.

She submitted her first ‘Sophie Kinsella’s novel anonymously to her existing publishers and it was snapped up without her editors knowing that she was already one of their authors. It wasn’t until the appropriately titled Can You Keep a Secret? was published that Sophie revealed her true identity for the first time.

Sophie Kinsella was born in London. She studied music at New College, Oxford, but after a year switched to Politics, Philosophy and Economics. She now lives in London, UK, with her husband and family.

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