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Sophie Kinsella (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: 14 Sep 2000

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... the perfect pick me up for when it's all hanging in the (bank) balance.

--This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Black Swan (14 Sep 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 055277135X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552771351
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (191 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,211,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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'You won't have to shop around to find a more winning protagonist' (Ireland on Sunday ) --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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23 of 23 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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Format:Paperback
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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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars a real giggle out loud 3 Mar 2002
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Format:Paperback
This is a real giggle out loud book. Great if you want a fun, escapist read on a miserable day. The heroine is ditzy and well meaning, and constantly deceives herself in the way we all do about overspending, and the financial scrapes she gets herself into are mad, but in places scarily believable. Although the story itself is eminently readable, the facsimile letters from the banks, credit card companies and stores are the funniest bit, and we find out even more about the heroine, Becky, from them.

All in all, this isn't the book for you if you're wanting great emotional depth and all that, but if you want to be entertained and made to smile, it's just the thing.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Like a very rare, expensive pair of desirable, sparkling shoes! 12 Jun 2006
By Sophie
Format:Paperback
Do you love to shop? Do you sometimes get an obsession to get the latest look? Well, Becky Bloomswood does just that! She stars as the main character in the shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella.She stars as the main character in the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella. The books are about a young woman who is obsessed with shopping and will spend all her time and money on shopping!

Becky encounters a whirlwind of events and finally realises that her spending is getting out of control. Becky has been slacking on her job, getting deeper and deeper into debt from her outrageous spending, things just couldn't get any worse for her, that is until Mr Luke Brandon comes along and she immediately falls for him which causes even more events to spiral out of control...

Will all her problems be solved? Will she find true love with Luke Brandon?

This book is for all females and is aimed at teenagers and adults. With its humour and realistic storyline you just can not put the book down! Overall, I think this is a great read and I really recommend you read it!
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I truly adore this book, such a fun and easy to read book, perfect for commuting to work every day
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A good read and I love sophie kinsella. They flow so well and you won't be disappointed. This is a good read and could complete it in a day. Pick it up she is great
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5.0 out of 5 stars Down to Earth
This book has the content to make you feel as though you are Rebecca Bloomwood! It is defiantly a fantastic start to the shopaholic series!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous
Oh so funny, glad I picked them up now and read them all (6) - recommended read, you will laugh out loud through them all, they dont get tired as the series go on.
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Absolutely brilliant - This book can claim to have got me out of post natal depression - I've gone on to read the rest in the series. Fantastic :>
Published 1 month ago by Lesley
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun read
I got this book after watching the film, and have downloaded several more from the series.

I love how relatable the character of Rebecca is, most of us have been in that... Read more
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Following the endearing protagonist Becky Bloomwood through the highs and lows of being a shopaholic this book is is funny, entertaining and romantic. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Okay
The book was for the school library. It was for students in KS3 and members of the Library Council recommended it.
Published 2 months ago by Lowry
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
Loved the movie and the books even better. Now onto number two. Love Sophie kinsella. Will be reading the whole collection.
Published 3 months ago by Kirsty McNicol
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This book is great, not just the story but the product, nice and clean, and the cover design was great. delivery was faster than expected which I loved. Read more
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