can you keep a secret book sophie kinsella

Also visible are her intelligence and justified resentment, the determined dignity she insists upon when others’ actions-intended or not-threaten to strip it from her. But we also see Emma Corrigan’s humanity shine through as her embarrassment peaks, her explanations stumble and she goes home utterly humiliated. There’s the klutzy heroine with her ditzy moments, hunky male, challenging (read: mean) colleagues and sticky situations. I feel like I’ve achieved an understanding, perhaps a valuable observation that takes weight off my mind, rather than adds to everything else I have to carry in there.Īs I finished Sophie Kinsella’s Can You Keep a Secret? I was still smiling, thinking about how funny we humans can be, and Kinsella’s skill at tapping into that. I don’t carry on for days about it, or often bring it up, but once I close the back cover, there’s a positive sensation of completion as I think back about the world I’ve just inhabited for a while. Here’s what many people don’t really know about me (this is not a secret, either): finishing a great book is an accomplishment. I’ve heard it all and-wait, rewind! No, no, I’m not going to say I don’t read in this genre. Sure, it’s considered “fluffy” by some, unthinking, shallow, blah blah blah. (Mar.Well, can you? OK, here’s my confession: I read chick lit. Simultaneous release with the Dial hardcover (Forecasts, Jan. What's not is that this fast-paced, fluffy audiobook goes down as easily as cotton candy and is twice as sweet. But then the unthinkable happens-Jack reveals Emma's secrets on national television in front of her family, friends and co-workers. Although he never seems to share his own secrets, Emma can't help falling in love with Jack and his glamorous lifestyle. Emma hopes Jack will forget all about her, but he seems bent on getting to know her, first forcing her to admit she deserves better than her boring boyfriend Conor, then convincing her that he is a better choice. But to Emma's chagrin, the handsome man on the plane turns out to be Jack Harper, CEO of her company. Emma spills intimate details about her G-string, G-spot, the fact that she's never been in love and much more. With her flirty British accent, Gray perfectly delivers the hysterical monologues that Emma, a marketing assistant, directs towards the handsome man sitting next to her on a turbulent flight between Glasgow and London. It would be hard to imagine anyone other than Gray giving voice to Emma Corrigan, the heroine of Kinsella's hilarious new confection (after Shopaholic Ties the Knot

Can you keep a secret book sophie kinsella