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Confessions of a Shopaholic
Shopaholic · Book 1 · 2000
Audiobook available · 9 hr 44 min
Becky Bloomwood makes her living explaining money to other people. Her own London life runs on purchases she cannot afford and bills she would rather not open. Plans to cut back or earn more give her fresh problems to conceal.
From the publisher’s blurb
“Her only consolation is to buy herself something . . . just a little something.”Read the full description at Publisher description, Dial Press / Penguin Random House
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What makes it funny?
Becky puts Finnish on her resume, then meets an employer who has Finnish clients. Her attempts to look more accomplished leave her having to perform skills she invented.
The comedy at work
Her anxious inner monologue makes room for another purchase or another excuse. Each lie creates something else she has to remember, while the gap between her financial expertise and her behavior keeps widening.
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Fashion, romantic complications and elaborate financial avoidance drive this comedy. Becky can be an exasperating companion; much of the appeal depends on enjoying the explanations she gives herself.
Good to know
First published in Britain as The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic. Expect frequent brand references, drinking, swearing and sexual references, including implied sex.
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