"This expensive, glossy world is where I've been headed all along. Limos and flowers; waxed eyebrows and designer clothes from Barneys. These are my people; this is where I'm meant to be."
Becky Bloomwood Universally beloved by readers, Sophie Kinsella's national bestseller, Confessions of a Shopaholic, introduced the irrepressible one-woman shopping phenomenon, Becky Bloomwood. Now, in this hilarious follow-up, Becky and her credit cards are headed across the Atlantic....
With her shopping excesses (somewhat) in check and her career as a TV financial guru thriving, Becky's biggest problem seems to be tearing her entrepreneur boyfriend, Luke, away from work for a romantic country weekend. And worse, figuring out how to "pack light." But packing takes on a whole new meaning when Luke announces he's moving to New York for business-and he asks Becky to go with him!
Before you can say "Prada sample sale," Becky has landed in the Big Apple, home of Park Avenue penthouses and luxury department stores.
Surely it's only a matter of time until she becomes an American TV celebrity, and she and Luke are the toast of Gotham society. Nothing can stand in their way, especially with Becky's bills miles away in London.
But then an unexpected disaster threatens her career prospects, her relationship with Luke, and her available credit line! Shopaholic Takes Manhattan-but will she have to return it?
購物狂挑戰曼哈頓
蘇菲.金索拉的作品全球暢銷超過3,500,000冊,
購物狂系列已被譯為22種語言,即將改編為電影劇本
紐約,這個金錢打造、光鮮亮麗的世界,就是我命中註定要待的地方!
天啊,我真喜歡在國外購物。當然啦,在任何地方購物都是美好的,但在國外購物的好處是:
* 你可以買到英國沒有的東西。
* 你可以暗示別人你常跑國外。(「喔,這個啊,是我在紐約買的。」)
* 外國錢不算錢,所以你可以盡情地花。
好啦,好啦,我承認美金是一種有價值的貨幣,但是從英鎊到美金的環境中,你會覺得沒有花到真正的錢,而且我總是搞不清楚匯率到底是多少。
重點是,那個不重要。因為這裡是美國,大家都知道美國的東西便宜很多,這是普通常識。所以基本上,我依循的原則就是,「每樣東西都划算」!
「討人喜歡、樂觀、永遠時髦的麗貝卡回來了!金索拉的購物狂系列繼續登峰造極,購物狂迷們請準備再次享用名牌盛宴。」─娛樂週刊
「希望銀行帳單上不只有黑紅兩色的讀者們,這本書是你們的最佳選擇。」─每日鏡報
作者簡介
蘇菲.金索拉(Sophie Kinsella)
紐約時報暢銷書作家,被奉為「都會小說」的代表人物。《購物狂的異想世界》、《購物狂挑戰曼哈頓》、《購物狂,我們結婚吧》、《購物狂姐妹花》、《購物狂與寶寶》迄今全球總銷售逾三百萬冊,並擁有超過二十二國語言的翻譯本。
蘇菲擅長將幽默的元素融入筆調之中,深刻描繪都會女性真實又爆笑的生活經驗,她可以說是最會把笑話用文字呈現出來的都會小說家。購物狂系列將女主角麗貝 卡的生活與個性描寫得淋漓盡致,藉由她的心路歷程,引導讀者探索那無從宣洩的慾望背後更深層的東西,深深吸引讀者的真心共鳴。
她在成為作家之前是位財經記者。看完本書之後,可別以為她也是個購物狂-她本人造訪紐約的目的皆出於文化層面。蘇菲目前與家人住在英國。
作者網站:www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/kinsella/index.html
City Chic部落格:blog.yam.com/fulloncity/