In fact, I think all museums should put prices on their exhibits. Whereas if they put price tags on, you'd be far more interested. It kind of takes the fun out of it, doesn't it? You wander round, just looking at things, and it all gets a bit boring after a while. Yet her first Saturday at the Victoria and Albert Museum strikes her as a waste. Struggling with her spendthrift impulses, she tries to heed the advice of an expert and appreciate life's cheaper pleasures: parks, museums, and so forth. In theory anyway, the world of finance shouldn't be a mystery to Rebecca, since she writes for a magazine called Successful Saving.
Within a few months, Sophie Kinsella's heroine has exceeded the limits of this generous offer, and begins furtively to scan her credit-card bills at work, certain that she couldn't have spent the reported sums. In the opening pages of Confessions of a Shopaholic, recent college graduate Rebecca Bloomwood is offered a hefty line of credit by a London bank. If you've ever paid off one credit card with another, thrown out a bill before opening it, or convinced yourself that buying at a two-for-one sale is like making money, then this silly, appealing novel is for you. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Her "confessions" are the perfect pick-me-up when life is hanging in the (bank) balance. Becky's hilarious schemes to pay back her debts are as endearing as they are desperate. Sophie Kinsella has brilliantly tapped into our collective consumer conscience to deliver a novel of our times–and a heroine who grows stronger every time she weakens. just a little something.įinally a story arises that Becky actually cares about, and her front-page article catalyzes a chain of events that will transform her life–and the lives of those around her–forever. Becky's only consolation is to buy herself something. And lately Becky's been chased by dismal letters from the bank –letters with large red sums she can't bear to read–and they're getting ever harder to ignore. Her job writing at Successful Savings not only bores her to tears, it doesn't pay much at all. The only trouble is that she can't actually afford it–not any of it. Meet Becky Bloomwood, America’s favorite shopaholic – a young woman with a big heart, big dreams.and just one little weakness.īecky has a fabulous flat in London's trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. Millions of readers have come to adore New York Times best-selling author Sophie Kinsella’s irrepressible heroine.
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