Confessions of a Shopaholic
Sophie Kinsella, 2000
A financial journalist with a maxed-out VISA and a wardrobe full of justifications lets you in on every beautiful, doomed lie she tells herself.
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Kinsella wrote the novel as a stand-up comedy routine about debt; it became the first of a nine-book series and the film starred Isla Fisher.
Three years into a career, still certain someone will notice you're faking it.
Of course, I still know nothing about finance. People at the bus stop know more about finance than me. Schoolchildren know more than me. I’ve been doing this job for three years now, and I’m still expecting someone to catch me out. Books by Sophie Kinsella
The Undomestic Goddess
Sophie Kinsella, 2005
A burned-out City lawyer reinvents herself as a housekeeper and discovers she can’t cook, clean, or stop thinking in billable hours.
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