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Can You Keep a Secret?

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1262 Reviews
Dial Press, 2004 - Fiction - 357 pages
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.

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My, what wonderfully crafted storytelling! - Goodreads
Ugh! The ending was the thing that reduced me to smush. - Goodreads
The plot is extremely simple. - Goodreads
Furthermore, the love story is, well, quite lacking. - Goodreads
It flowed well and kept up a good pace. - Goodreads
Anyways, I loved the whole book except the ending. - Goodreads

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User Review  - Eryani N. Yulita - Goodreads

Okay, I actually wanted to give it 4 stars at first since I really liked and enjoyed the story. The heroine was so real that I could relate to her, she was a real normal ordinary girl with lots of ... Read full review

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User Review  - Gabriella *is awesome* - Goodreads

i swear when i was done with book i was sooo what ? umm...frustrated or somthing, geesh ! the ending seemed so...lacking ? disappointing ? i dont know maybe both....., i mean unlike Ms.Kinsella's ... Read full review

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About the author (2004)

Sophie Kinsella is a former financial journalist and the author of the bestselling novels Confessions of a Shopaholic, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, and Shopaholic Ties the Knot. She lives in England, where she is at work on her next novel.

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