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Product Description
With the same wicked humor, buoyant charm, and optimism that have made her Shopaholic novels beloved international bestsellers, Sophie Kinsella delivers a hilarious new novel and an unforgettable new character. Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets:
Secrets from her mother:
I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur.
Sammy the goldfish in my parents’ kitchen is not the same goldfish that Mum gave me to look after when she and Dad were in Egypt.
Secrets from her boyfriend:
I weigh one hundred and twenty-eight pounds. Not one eighteen, like Connor thinks.
I’ve always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken.
From her colleagues:
When Artemis really annoys me, I feed her plant orange juice. (Which is pretty much every day.) It was me who jammed the copier that time. In fact, all the times.
Secrets she wouldn’t share with anyone in the world:
My G-string is hurting me.
I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is.
Until she spills them all to a handsome stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger.
But come Monday morning, Emma’s office is abuzz about the arrival of Jack Harper, the company’s elusive CEO. Suddenly Emma is face-to-face with the stranger from
the plane, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her. Things couldn’t possibly get worse—Until they do.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Customer Reviews:
• So Cute And Funny 17 August, 2008
The story is pretty simple: Emma is a marketing assistant and so far she had no real business success. She gets send to a meeting in Glasgow and that could be her big chance to get a promotion. She totally blows it, gets a little tipsy at the airport and when she thinks her plane is going to crash down she tells all her secrets to the guy sitting next to her. She really spills all: from what underwear she is wearing, to her first sex, and that she waters her co-workers plant with orange juice.
She is totally embarrassed when she arrives at the office on monday and finds out that the stranger is the owner of the company she is working for. He took a year off after his best friend died but now he is back in London to check out what has been going on in his company while he was gone.
The story was a little predictable but darn funny. I loved how Jack was making smartass comments and teased her about her secrets. And of course they hook up and he is just the sweetest guy ever. But he also keeps a big secret from Emma and that causes some tension between them. That was so far my favorite of Kinsellas' books because it had so many ROFL moments and I just liked Emma so much because she was funny and a "normal" girl.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2T3VAAJYV14I4
• C+ 08 August, 2008
Surprisingly laugh-out-loud in its entirety, Kinsella further extends her pastiche for chick lit in this decent piece about lies and their consequences. That message is decidedly transparent and unsubtle, yet the heroine, Emma, is intriguingly relatable and funny. Her interactions with people around them are humorous and come close to the Department of Deadpan. It was also nice to see a somewhat strong, middle-class female character in the midst of hundreds of books in the same genre that deal with impossibly unreal women. Emma is an every woman. Thus, the novel succeeds in portraying a larger than life situation that would otherwise be unrealistic. However, the male protagonist is a bit ridiculous, as is the premise and the ultimate outcome. The requisite "happy ending" would have been nicer if it weren't so expected and rote. Every character gets their just desserts, be it good or bad. Kinsella gives us no surprises, yet she does deliver humor that is fresh and fun.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2PW0M94QI86EL
• Funny!!! 29 July, 2008
One of the funniest books I have read! I would love to see this book turned into a movie!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3TF7JG4COUQRO
• Great Summer Read! 22 August, 2008
I was browsing books at the store.. after reading the first two pages from this book, I was already hooked. The entire book's interesting, funny, and overall fun to read. I borrowed it from the library for some light summer reading, but now I'm planning on buying it to read it again sometime :)
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2OR0QU2O9XO1B
• Would You Tell All Your Secrets To A Complete Stranger? 31 August, 2008
As usual, Sophie Kinsella delights her fans with a lively story of a girl after our own hearts. Like Becky Bloomwood (Shopaholic), Emma Corrigan is a pure delight as she fumbles and frets over her decisions, especially when on a plane flight where she experiences heavy turbulence - Emma's not a happy flyer - she freaks and turns to the stranger sitting next to her and reveals all of her deepest secrets. She is so relieved when the plane finally lands safely and although a little embarrassed about her confessions, she's figures he's a stranger and she'll never see him again, so what's the harm, right? Well, next thing you know, once Emma's back at work, she eventually discovers that her airplane seatmate is none other than Jack Harper, her company's founder and he's in town and (gulp!) he remembers her and everything she told him! That's when the fun starts!
Emma tries to find ways to avoid Jack at work, but he always seems to find her and learns that a lot of the secrets that she shared with him are in fact, about some of her coworkers. Emma's been in the running for a promotion for the longest and she tries hard to save face, but Kinsella keeps us in stitches as Emma is exposed again and again - her secrets even find their way on TV!
I enjoyed this book, coincidentally, while on a flight and although I did experience a little turbulence, I didn't reveal any of my secrets to the person sitting next to me - then again, I was sitting next to my sister, and she already knows my secrets, or almost all of them!
The other characters in this story add weight and dimension to this funny tale. From her co-workers to her parents, to her roommates, Kinsella adds depth to the story and entertains readers with the details of the characters' charming idiosyncrasies that are so much like our own, yet she finds the right situations to pair them with and the combination is hilarious! This is chick lit at its best and a fast read that readers will love - highly recommended!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3RT9FYT2X6RFU
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