can you keep a secret by sophie kinsella

This is my big chance and I'm not going to screw it up. The important thing is to keep confident and businesslike. Or I'll say I'm post-logistical or something. They won't suddenly demand, 'What does logistical mean?' I'm a fellow marketing professional, aren't I? Obviously I know these things.Īnd anyway, if they mention it again I'll change the subject. 'Absolutely!' I reply brightly, as though to say: Doesn't everybody?ĭon't be stupid, Emma. 'We believe in logistical formative alliances,' he's saying in a nasal, droning voice, 'both above and below the line.' I have no idea what this guy in the grey suit is going on about.ġ5. I've always had this deep down conviction that I'm not like everybody else, and there's an amazingly exciting new life waiting for me just around the corner.ġ4.

I once had this weird lesbian dream about my flatmate Lissy.ġ3. When my colleague Artemis really annoys me, I feed her plant orange juice.

Sammy the goldfish at home isn't the same goldfish that Mum and Dad gave me to look after when they went to Egypt.ġ0. I've already drunk the wine that Dad told me to lay down for twenty years.ĩ. I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum, while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben Hur. Sometimes, when we're right in the middle of passionate sex, I suddenly want to laugh.ħ. I've always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. And to be fair, it is only one number different.)ĥ. (Although in my defence, I was planning to go on a diet when I told him that. Not 8 stone 3, like my boyfriend Connor thinks. I love sweet sherry, the least cool drink in the universe.ģ. As for everyone else, well, they might just have to read something else.2. It may be clich but Can You Keep A Secret? is a lot of fun. Or in other words, the message is be true to yourself. It eventuates that Emma's character arc is supposed to be from people pleaser to woman who realises she need only satisfy her desires'. But as you read on she becomes endearing and there is genuine empathy to be had for her what with the obnoxious jerks she has for family members and workmates. While you're at it, grow a backbone and stand up for yourself from time to time). The main character comes off a little irritating to begin with (Hello?! Earth to Emma: Stop telling white lies and letting them spiral out of control. But once you go along for the ride, this book is hard to put down. It's perfect holiday reading material or just a nice story to help you unwind and escape at the end of a long day. Like Sophie Kinsella's other chick lit efforts, Can You Keep A Secret? is warm, funny and easy to digest.

Can you keep a secret by sophie kinsella