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Shopaholic & sister / Sophie Kinsella.
Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) returns with a vengeance in bestseller Kinsella's fourth Shopaholic novel. Her 10-month globe-trot with hubby Luke was a shopping spree disguised as a honeymoon - heck, Becky will walk across hot coals for an aquamarine necklace (and thereby trick her Sri Lankan yogi into thinking she's achieved enlightenment) - but the problems of the real world (sort of) surface once the happy couple lands back in London. ("Luke's penthouse has its own lift right to the front door, which is just so cool!"). Even lovely Luke's patience is supremely tried when those two truckloads of purchases show up. What's worse: Becky's best friend, Suze, has found a new best friend, and her parents have discovered another daughter. Seems Dad had a fling with a train stewardess back in the 1970s - and Jessica was the result. Becky is over the moon, picturing heart-to-heart talks, shopping excursions, sisters' nights out and so forth - so she's totally unprepared for the actual Jessica, a frugal environmentalist who (gasp!) actually hates shopping. Prattling Becky tries to charm her sis, but it doesn't seem to be working; meanwhile, Luke is preoccupied with his job, and then there's that stranger from Milan whom Becky owes for getting her that impossibly perfect Angel bag... what does he want with Luke?
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- ISBN: 9780385338097
- ISBN: 0385338090
- ISBN: 9780385336826 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780440241911 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 044024191X (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0385336829 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 0385336829 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780385336826 (trade pbk.)
- Physical Description: 352 p. ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Dial Press, 2004.
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| Subject: | Bloomwood, Becky (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Married women > Fiction. Shopping > Fiction. Sisters > Fiction. Long-lost Sisters > Fiction. DebtvFiction. Environmentalist > Fiction |
| Genre: | Humorous fiction. |
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- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2004 September #2
Becky Bloomwood, shopaholic extraordinaire, is back. She and her new husband, Luke Brandon, have been on a whirlwind ten-month honeymoon that's taken them all around the world, but both are itching to get back to London. When they do return, Becky is disturbed to discover that her best friend has a new good buddy, and Becky's parents are acting strangely. It turns out that they've just learned that her dad fathered a child a few years before he met her mother. Becky is thrilled to learn she has a half-sister, until she meets Jess. Jess is nothing like Becky: her clothes aren't fashionable, she prefers dank caves to shoe stores, and she is incredibly frugal. After an awkward weekend together, the sisters part company on bad terms. To make matters worse, Becky's gotten herself into a pickle with a purchase that could put a strain on her marriage. Like the previous installments, Shopaholic & Sister is hilarious fun for Prada and Gucci aficionados. ((Reviewed September 15, 2004)) Copyright 2004 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2004 August #1
News flash: the Shopaholic's sister hates shopping!Back from an around-the-world honeymoon with perfect husband Luke, Rebecca Bloomwood Brandon (Bex to her friends but not to her creditors) suddenly finds she has a half-sister named Jessica-and she never even knew! Neither did Dad nor Mum! Apparently, it happened simply eons ago in the past, when there were no credit cards or DNA-whatever that is-and when banks didn't charge interest for overdrafts and dinosaurs ruled the earth. Gosh! Rebecca can't imagine her dull dad in an ugly, 1970s-style suit actually trying to flirt, let alone conceiving a child, with a British railway stewardess, but evidently he did. Fiercely intelligent, self-sufficient Jessica doesn't care about important things like designer brands, just activist politics. Can they really be sisters? For some trivial reason, Luke gets mad at Bex and stomps out of the plot long enough for the sisters to figure out what they don't like about each other. Fearing abandonment, Bex tries to make peace with Jessica and volunteers for a protest against a big-meanie corporation that has been terribly naughty about the environment and things. Oh, no! The big-meanie corporation has something to do with Luke's business, whatever that is. What will happen next? Caught in a raging storm out in the environment they're trying to save, the sisters paint each other's toenails with pink sparkly polish to keep their spirits up. Will the scary thunder and lightning ever stop? Will Luke forgive Bex? Meanwhile, conspicuously lacking here are the wit and intelligence of the first titles in the Shopaholic series, with an increasingly infantile heroine, cutesy prose, heaps of exclamation points, and a contrived plot.Such is the power of a brand name: bestselling Kinsella dumbs down to moron level and still gets to laugh all the way to the bank. Copyright Kirkus 2004 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2004 June #1
Just married, jobless, and stuck on a tight budget, Becky Brandon (neâ Bloomwood) is shocked to discover that she has a sister. Even more shocking: sis hates to shop. Lots of people enjoy shopping for Kinsella's "Shopaholic" novels-there are 2.5 million in print. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2004 September #2
Becky Brandon, neâ Bloomwood (Confessions of a Shopaholic), is at it again. When we meet her and Luke this time, they are just returning from a whirlwind, round-the-world honeymoon. Becky is dismayed to find that her best friend, Suze, is now close to Lulu, the posh domestic goddess; but to her delight, she discovers that she has a long-lost sister named Jessica. Could these two really be related? Becky wants to paint nails and shop, while Jess wants to do her accounts and collect rocks. There are some bumps on the road to togetherness and funny subplots mainly involving a well-meaning Becky trying to do what she thinks is best for everyone. Newcomers and fans alike will enjoy the fourth entry in Kinsella's popular series. For popular fiction collections. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 6/1/04.] Anastasia Diamond, Cleveland P.L. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2004 August #5
Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) returns with a vengeance in bestseller Kinsella's fourth Shopaholic novel. Her 10-month globe-trot with hubby Luke was a shopping spree disguised as a honeymoon-heck, Becky will walk across hot coals for an aquamarine necklace (and thereby trick her Sri Lankan yogi into thinking she's achieved enlightenment)-but the problems of the real world (sort of) surface once the happy couple lands back in London. ("Luke's penthouse has its own lift right to the front door, which is just so cool!"). Even lovely Luke's patience is supremely tried when those two truckloads of purchases show up. What's worse: Becky's best friend, Suze, has found a new best friend, and her parents have discovered another daughter. Seems Dad had a fling with a train stewardess back in the 1970s-and Jessica was the result. Becky is over the moon, picturing heart-to-heart talks, shopping excursions, sisters' nights out and so forth-so she's totally unprepared for the actual Jessica, a frugal environmentalist who (gasp!) actually hates shopping. Prattling Becky tries to charm her sis, but it doesn't seem to be working; meanwhile, Luke is preoccupied with his job, and then there's that stranger from Milan whom Becky owes for getting her that impossibly perfect Angel bag... what does he want with Luke? Of course everything will work out in the end-and there will be a nice message about the importance of friends and family-but this installment isn't as winning as its predecessors. Agents, Kim Witherspoon (U.S.) and Araminta Whitley (U.K.). (Sept. 28) Forecast: There are more than three million Shopaholic books in print, and tiring though the materialism grows, this latest addition should see Kinsella's usual numbers. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
