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The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (Paperback)

by Sophie Kinsella (Author)
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  • Paperback: 319 pages
  • Publisher: Black Swan (14 Sep 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0552213578
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552998871
  • ASIN: 0552998877
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (172 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,601 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #10 in  Books > Fiction > Authors, A-Z > K > Kinsella, Sophie
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On the face of it, Rebecca Bloomwood has it all. Confident, single and happily living in des-res Fulham with her best friend Suze, she's a financial journalist who spends her days writing articles advising other people on the importance of budgeting and prudent investing. Her private life is a different story though; Rebecca manages her own finances in a way that would make most of her readers' hair curl--for Rebecca is a woman on a mission--she just can't stop spending.
I look up and I'm in front of Octagon. My favourite shop in the whole world. Three floors of clothes, accessories, furnishing, gifts, coffee shops, juice bars and a florist which makes you want to fill your entire home with flowers. I've got my purse with me. Just something small, to cheer me up. A T-shirt or something. Or even some bubble bath. I won't spend much. I'll just go in and... I'm already pushing my way through the doors. Oh God, the relief. The warmth, the light. This is where I belong. This is my natural habitat.
As the plot unfolds, Rebecca finds increasingly bizarre and often highly comical ways to ignore her ever-growing debts and mounting pile of unpaid Visa bills and red bank statements. Got a bill you can't pay? No problem. Just take it out for a walk and deposit it in the nearest skip whilst no-one is looking. Need to justify that £120 velvet scarf? Don't worry! It was a snip at half price in the sale, so what initially looks like a splurge is actually an example of canny discount shopping. Rebecca's disastrous love life mirrors her finances. And her career seems to be taking a turn for the worse, too. That is, until she finds a financial story that really sparks her journalistic interest, and begins to spar with handsome and successful financial PR millionaire Luke Brandon. Witty, light-hearted and often hilarious, The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic is the ideal read for anyone who has ever found themselves mentally justifying rash purchases in their heads, or buying just one more pair of black trousers because they are so different from the other eight pairs in their wardrobe. --Emily Lowson

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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? "The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic..." is the perfect pick me up for when it's all hanging in the (bank) balance.

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214 of 219 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Confessions of a Shopaholic, 7 Jun 2004
By A Customer
This is the same book as 'Secret dreamworld of a shopaholic'

(Although still absolutely hysterical!)

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars CONFESSIONS, 16 Oct 2005
By DevJohn01 (Somerset, NJ) - See all my reviews
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I had heard many great things about the 'SHOPAHOLIC' series but for some reason put off reading it. I think that maybe the title put me off a little bit, thinking that it was more of a diary that an actual story. Finally, after ages of hearing about how great the series was I borrowed 'CONFESSIONS' from a friend and boy was I glad that I did! This has got to be one of the funniest books that I have ever read! Becky Bloomwood is hilarious and I can completely relate to her irrepressible urge to buy whatever is put in her path! Immediately after reading 'CONFESSIONS' I went out and purchased it (so that I could have a copy of my own) and the following two books in the series and I devoured those too. The 'SHOPAHOLIC' series has skyrocketed to the top of my favorite series list and Kinsella is now a "must read" author for me. If you haven't yet read any of this series GO OUT AND GET IT TODAY, you will not be disappointed!
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A hilarious book that i couldn't put down!, 11 Mar 2001
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In one word, wow! I love this book - it's amazing. Becky is a qualified journalist in a job she hates (a mag called 'Successful Saving' - say no more) and has a huge problem in that she can't stop spending - she is infact a shopaholic! To make matters worse, she really can't afford to be shop so much, and the excuses she comes up with to avoid meeting the bank manager are hilarious! She just seems incapable of accepting responsiblity, growing up, and finding love. This book had me hooked. I read all 320 pages within 3 days - i just couldn't put it down. Literally! I would recomend this book to ANYONE who loves shopping, comedy, and books with an unexpected romantic twist to them.
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omg why did'nt i find this book sooner. it is brilliant and has got to be the best book i have read, i read it in a day and started the next one straight away. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars which order should i read them in?
Hi,
I just wanted to ask which order do the shopaholic books go in? Is this the first one of the series?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
I was very much looking forward to this book arriving and when I received it I couldnt put it down!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining
'Confessions of a Shopaholic' is quite an entertainig book, but not very dense; I mean, you can read it on an afternoon, it will not last you for very long because it is easy to... Read more
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