APPENDICES Biography of Sophie Kinsella
Madeleine Sophie Wickham (born Madeleine Sophie Townley;12 December 1969) her work under the pen name Sophie Kinsella. Madeleine
Wickham was born in London. She did her schooling i
year switched to Politics, Philosophy and Economics
Pensions World) before turning t
While working as a financial journalist, at the age of 24, she wrote her first
novel. The Tennis Party was immediately hailed as a success by critics and the public alike and became a top ten bestseller. She went on to publish six more
novels as Madeleine Wickham: A Desirable Residence, Swimming Pool Sunday,
The Gatecrasher, The Wedding Girl, Cocktails for Three and Sleeping Arrangements.
Her first novel under the pseudonym Sophie Kinsella (taken from her middle name and her mother's maiden name ) was submitted to her existing
publishers anonymously and was enthusiastically received. She revealed her real identity for the first time when Can You Keep a Secret? was published in December 2005. Sophie Kinsella is best known for writing the
series of
February 2009, wit
Luke Brandon. Twenties Girl, which was released in the UK in July 2009 was also published under the name Sophie Kinsella. The latest addition to the Shopaholic
serie
Wickham lives i met in Oxford), the headmaster of a boys' preparatory school. They have been
married for 17 years and have four sons and a daughter, Freddy (b.1997), Hugo (b.1999), Oscar (b.2006), Rex William (b. April 15th, 2010) and Sybella (b.
December 22, 2011). She is the sister of fellow writer, Gemma Townley.
Sophie Kinsella raced into the UK bestseller lists in September 2000 with her first novel in the Shopaholic series
-(also published as Confessions of a Shopaholic). The book’s heroine, Becky Bloomwood – a fun and feisty financial journalist who loves shopping but is hopeless with money – captured the hearts of readers worldwide and she has since
featured in five further adventures i Shopaholic Takes Manhattan)
a the hit Disney movie
Sophie Kinsella is a pseudonym that Madeleine Wickham started using
once she published Confessions of a Shopaholic. Although Wickham had previously published seven other books under her real name, her Kinsella books
fall into the genre "chick lit" -- light, humorous books about modern women and
their misadventures in life and love.
Kinsella made several trips to Manhattan to research her second and third Shopaholic books. Before writing Shopaholic Ties the Knot she
actually took off her wedding ring and pretended she was planning her wedding so she could try on Vera Wang wedding dresses. Kinsella loves
Cadbury's Giant Chocolate Buttons.
SUMMARY
A young woman, named Emma Corrigan, who lived in London, and was struggling for her career at the moment. She was trying hard to get a promotion and was actually desperate to get one. But that’s not the only problem. She was
involved in a perfect relationship with a guy named Connor. Like that’s not enough, she also detest her family–Kerry, her cousin, to be precise. Not that she
hated them, really, but apparently, she didn’t feel very much appreciated by any of her family member.
Her situation worsened as she blabbed all her secrets to a stranger sitting
next to her on a plane since she thought she was about to die when the plane entered some turbulence. It turned out her relationship with her boyfriend was not
as perfect as everyone thought it was. Connor never really understood her, and that she was never herself when she was with Connor. In fact, Connor actually bores her.
Emma is sitting on a turbulent plane. She's always beennervous flyer. She really thinks that this could be her last moment. So, naturally enough, she starts
telling the man sitting next to her - quite a dishy American, but she's too frightened to notice -all her innermost secrets. How she scans the backs of intellectual books and pretends she's read them. How she does her hair up like
Princess Leia in her bedroom. How she's not sure if she has a G-spot, and whether her boyfriend could find it anyway. How she feels like a fraud at work -
means. How the coffee at work is horrible. How she once threw a troublesome
client file in the bin. If ever there was a bare soul, it's hers.
She survives the flight, of course, and the next morning the famous founding boss of the whole mega corporation she works for is coming for a look
at the UK branch. As he walks around, Emma looks up and realises.
She told this stranger that she had this secret code that she always use to
get out of the office and get a coffee break at Starbucks with her co-worker, Katie. All of this was because she thought the coffee in the office tasted like poison. And that she sometimes gave orange juice to a plant belong to her co-worker,
Artemis, whenever she irked her.
And all other embarrassing stuffs about her. All her deepest secrets. Just
because a little turbulence on the plane and she thought she’d die soon.
She regretted it soon–very soon, actually–once she found out that this stranger is a genius and creative Jack Harper, who also happened to be the
co-founder of the company she was currently working at. Put it in a different way, the stranger was her boss. Or her boss’ boss. And just when she thought she could
make up for the flaws she had shown to her boss, even before she knew him, all the embarrasing stuffs didn’t seem to go away. Right in front of Jack Harper’s nose, her co-worker Katie used their secret code to get away from the office and
get a coffee at Starbucks. Then her boyfriend appeared to be a huge fan of this Jack Harper, and then confronted him in order to impressed him. Right in front of
Barbie’s Ken. And that she was never herself when she was with her boyfriend.
Humiliated, embarrased, ashamed, put them into one.
There are some hilarious moments, especially when Emma realizes that the guy she told all her secrets too is actually the CEO of the company she works
for. And he's so funny about it! Jack doesn't say straight out that he knows Emma, but he remembers everything she said on the plane and makes a point to subtly let
her know that he remembers. I felt both embarrassed for Emma and was laughing so hard from the situation that I got crazy looks from people around me. (Whatever, it was great!)
She doesn't know a lot about the business she works in, tries too hard, and has quite a few anxiety issues. But she's fun, loving, and puts all her effort and
heart into the things she undertakes, which makes her completely loveable. The same holds true for all her characters -- they have their flaws, and they have their good points. Sometimes it evens out, sometimes it doesn't. I felt like I was reading
about real people, which was nice. There were a few times where I had some "yeah, right, like that would happen" moments, but nothing big enough to really
detract from my enjoyment. Besides, I took this book as something fun and not too serious, and really loved approaching it that way.
The main character, Emma Corrigan, is your normal 25-years old and
somewhat-insecure woman. She is trying to get a promotion at work, has a fantastic boyfriend, and is very happy with life, or so she thinks. On an extremely
unwillingly spill out to a total stranger next to her. She ends up telling this
handsome American stranger nearly every secret she has, and then some. When the plane lands, she is embarrassed but figures she'll never see him again.