When the phone rings, she ignores it, because it will only be a credit card company or her bank looking for money. She hides it in a drawer with her other unpaid bills. She has a major problem-she is a shopaholic.Įarly in the novel, Becky gets her Visa bill in the mail.

She is living a life she can’t possibly afford.

The problem is that these people don’t know the truth about Becky. She has a stunning flat in a very posh part of London, she gets to write all day, and she has countless friends who invite her to great parties. To outsiders, Becky has everything she could want. She dreams of writing for a glossy magazine or fashion websites, but escaping Successful Saving feels like an impossibility.

A writer for Successful Saving magazine, she hates the boring, monotonous articles she spins. It is now a major motion picture Rebecca, or “Becky,” Bloomwood is a twenty-something woman living in London, England, during the 1990s. Confessions of a Shopaholic was her breakout novel and the first of her books to hit the global bestseller lists. A New York Times bestselling author, Kinsella’s books are available in more than forty languages. The first book in the Shopaholic series, the book is popular with its fan base. Confessions of a Shopaholic (2000), a contemporary romance novel by Sophie Kinsella, follows a young woman who’s shopping obsession leads her into debt and relationship problems she will lose everything if she doesn’t stop spending. What could possibly go wrong? With sister Jess demanding a vegan turkey, husband Luke determined that he just wants aftershave again, and little Minnie insisting on a very specific picnic hamper – surely Becky can manage all this, as well as the surprise appearance of an old boyfriend and his pushy new girlfriend, whose motives are far from clear. Unable to resist the draw of craft beer and smashed avocado, Becky's parents are moving to ultra-trendy Shoreditch and have asked Becky if she'll host Christmas this year. Sorted! But this year looks set to be different. And now it's even easier with online bargain-shopping sites – if you spend enough you even get free delivery. It's always the same – Mum and Dad hosting, carols playing, Mum pretending she made the Christmas pudding, and the next-door neighbours coming round for sherry in their terrible festive jumpers. Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) adores Christmas. The brilliant laugh-out-loud festive novel from the Number One bestselling author. Celebrate Christmas with the ultimate Shopaholic! A Sunday Times bestseller.

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