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Can You Keep a Secret? | 
 enlarge | Author: Sophie Kinsella
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  429 reviews
Sales Rank: 4138
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0385338082
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN: 9780385338080
ASIN: 0385338082
Publication Date: March 1, 2005
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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.
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 Fun! Great easy read October 1, 2008
Loved this book and totally fell in love with the heroine- Emma!
She reminded me of Bridget Jones - the forever fumbling, tripping career girl who at heart is sweet and just wants a happy ending. A couple of hilarious moments include the Family day picnic where Connor tries to guess who Emma is going out with, Jemima's parroting of lessons she learnt from her Mummy on men (esp the crack about the Pope having had plastic surgery!) and Lissy freaking out thinking Emma's a lesbian.
I'd recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good, fun read.
Wonderful book! September 28, 2008
I absolutely LOVED this book. It easily made it into my top 3. It captured you from the beginning. Even a guy at work was just playing when he picked it up...but after the first few pages, I saw him reading more intently and continued to pick it up and read more each time he came to my desk! Love it!
Great Quick Read! September 27, 2008
I really enjoyed this book. I felt like I could be or knew Emma (the main character) she was very likeable and sweet. It's a great quick read, it only took me about 4 days. It's just such a cute, sweet book. I didn't want it to end!
Would You Tell All Your Secrets to a Complete Stranger? August 31, 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!
Great Summer Read! August 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 :)
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