Sunday, June 03, 2007

Can you Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella

Things are suddenly starting to look up for the hapless but optimistic Emma Corrigan. She has kept her job at Panther Cola for nearly a year, has the perfect boyfriend and hopes for a promotion to marketing executive should her first opportunity to strut her stuff and land a business deal be successful. Unfortunately, things don't go quite as planned, and on her unusually turbulent return flight from a disappointing client meeting, in a terrified state, she confesses her innermost secrets to the good-looking stranger sitting beside her. When she shows up at work the next morning, she is horrified to discover that her mystery man is none other than the revered and brilliant Jack Harper, American CEO of Panther Cola, on a weeklong visit to the company's U.K. branch.

Thus begins a series of chaotic, emotionally exhausting and funny episodes that thrust Emma, with her workaholic best friend, Lissy, and their awful flatmate Jemima, into a world of fairy tales, secrets and deceit. We see her compeate with her nemesis cousin who her parents favor over her and her grandfather who is constantly giving her self defense advice.

When Emma's every secrets are revealed on national television can she find the nerve to survive and actually tell people what she really thinks? and be honest - even when it hurts? Plus will she ever learn to trust again?

Kind of reminiscent of Sex and the City crossed with Bridget Jones' Diary. I really enjoyed this read as it gave me some escape from my own kind of mundane life. I have not read any of her other works which include the popular "Shopaholic" books. But I'll give them a try. Very fun and perfect for summer.