Confessions of a Shopaholic

By Sophie Kinsella

Fans of Sophie Kinsella's one-of-a-kind Rebecca Bloomwood will love to see her come to life in Confessions of a Shopaholic, which is based on the first in Kinsella's Shopaholic series as well as Shopaholic Takes Manhattan. Living out a lot of shoppers' wildest fantasies, Becky shops until she drops—a ton of money that is, on only the best clothes and accessories, leaving her in a bit of a financial bind. Ever resourceful, Becky finds creative (and entertaining) ways to balance her checkbook and her life.

about the movie

In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping — a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company. As her dreams are finally coming true, she goes to ever more hilarious and extreme efforts to keep her past from ruining her future.

Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers) stars in the film from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director P.J. Hogan (My Best Friend's Wedding). The screenplay by Tim Firth and Tracey Jackson is based on the books Confessions of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella.

excerpt from the book

Ok. don't panic. Don't panic. It's only a VISA bill. It's a piece of paper; a few numbers. I mean, just how scary can a few numbers be?

I stare out of the office window at a bus driving down Oxford Street, willing myself to open the white envelope sitting on my cluttered desk. It's only a piece of paper, I tell myself for the thousandth time. And I'm not stupid, am I? I know exactly how much this VISA bill will be.

Sort of. Roughly.

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