Confessions of a Shopaholic
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0440241413
ISBN 13
9780440241416
Category
823 English Fiction
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Publication Year
2003
Publisher
Pages
368
Subject
Young women -- Fiction. London (England) -- Fiction. Shopping -- Fiction.
Abstract
Rebecca Bloomwood, a financial journalist at Successful Savings, seeks solace from the boredom, pressures, and difficulties in life with her shopping, a solution that brings her ever closer to financial disaster, until she finally encounters a story that she actually cares about and produces an article that will change her own life and the lives of all those around her.
Description
Publisher Comments
Rebecca Bloomwood is a financial journalist -- she spends her working life telling others how to manage their money. On the surface, she has what most twenty-five year olds only dream of: a flat in the trendiest part of London, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. The only trouble is that she can't actually afford it -- not any of it. Her job barely pays her rent, let alone her monthly Visa minimum. Still, how can she resist that perfect pair of shoes? Or that designer scarf that's 50% off?
Meanwhile, the credit card companies and bank managers converge like vultures, and their ominous letters grow ever harder to ignore. Becky tries cutting back; she even tries making more money. But nothing seems to work. Her only consolation is to buy herself something . . . just a little something...
Finally, 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.
About the Author
Sophie Kinsella is a writer and former financial journalist. She is very, very careful with her money and only occasionally finds herself queuing for a sale. Her relationship with her bank manager is excellent.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Rebecca Bloomwood is a financial journalist -- she spends her working life telling others how to manage their money. On the surface, she has what most twenty-five year olds only dream of: a flat in the trendiest part of London, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. The only trouble is that she can't actually afford it -- not any of it. Her job barely pays her rent, let alone her monthly Visa minimum. Still, how can she resist that perfect pair of shoes? Or that designer scarf that's 50% off?
Meanwhile, the credit card companies and bank managers converge like vultures, and their ominous letters grow ever harder to ignore. Becky tries cutting back; she even tries making more money. But nothing seems to work. Her only consolation is to buy herself something . . . just a little something...
Finally, 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.
About the Author
Sophie Kinsella is a writer and former financial journalist. She is very, very careful with her money and only occasionally finds herself queuing for a sale. Her relationship with her bank manager is excellent.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: Humorous fiction, English
Humorous fiction
Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Sophie Kinsella
ISBN: 0440241413 9780440241416
OCLC Number: 53405061
Notes: "A Dell book."
Description: 348 pages ; 18 cm
Responsibility: Sophie Kinsella.
Humorous fiction
Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Sophie Kinsella
ISBN: 0440241413 9780440241416
OCLC Number: 53405061
Notes: "A Dell book."
Description: 348 pages ; 18 cm
Responsibility: Sophie Kinsella.
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