Confessions of a Shopaholic

蘇菲．金索拉的作品全球暢銷超過2,000,000冊，購物狂系列已被譯為22種語言，即將改編為電影

我是《成功理財》雜誌社的記者，工作就是告訴讀者如何理財；但是在我的閒暇時間，卻無法克制自己瘋狂購物的欲望。

多年來，我處在一個購物的迴圈中，有點像是農家的輪種體系。不同的是，農家是小麥－玉米－大麥－休耕，而我的迴圈則是衣服－化妝品－鞋子－衣服（我通常不擔心休耕的問題）。說真的，購物其實和耕種很相似，你不能老是買同樣的東西，總得有些變化，不然生活會變得很無聊，不是嗎？

問題是，我的薪水根本負擔不起這些昂貴的消費，銀行的催款信件更是讓我煩惱不已……我嘆口氣，看著窗外那些熙來攘往，提著購物袋的女孩們。我是如此渴望加入她們的 行列，我不由自主地把身體傾斜過去，就如同一株渴望陽光的植物。我渴望商店中那明亮的燈光、那暖洋洋的氣氛，哪怕是收銀機發出的聲音也是我所渴望聽到的。

也許我應該買一些小首飾，或者靴子。沒錯，我需要新的靴子，還要順便看看美麗的衣服。天哪！一天過後，我真該享受一下，而且由於工作上的需要，我必須添購幾雙襪子和一把指甲刀，或者一本在地鐵上消磨時間的書。

當我在星巴克排隊等待付款時，果然已經開心多了！

Millions of readers have come to adore New York Times best-selling author Sophie Kinsella's irrepressible heroine. Meet Becky Bloomwood, America's favorite shopaholic - a young woman with a big heart, big dreams...and just one little weakness.

Becky has a fabulous flat in London's trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. The only trouble is that she can't actually afford it-not any of it.

Her job writing at Successful Savings not only bores her to tears, it doesn't pay much at all. And lately Becky's been chased by dismal letters from the bank -letters with large red sums she can't bear to read-and they're getting ever harder to ignore.

She tries cutting back. But none of her efforts succeeds. Becky's only consolation is to buy herself something ... just a little something....

Finally a story arises that Becky actually cares about, and her front-page article catalyzes a chain of events that will transform her life-and the lives of those around her-forever.

Sophie Kinsella has brilliantly tapped into our collective consumer conscience to deliver a novel of our times-and a heroine who grows stronger every time she weakens. Becky's hilarious schemes to pay back her debts are as endearing as they are desperate. Her "confessions" are the perfect pick-me-up when life is hanging in the (bank) balance.

蘇菲．金索拉（Sophie Kinsella）

蘇菲曾在雜誌社擔任財經記者，但是個性開朗的她對於撰寫嚴肅的財經新聞卻一點興趣也沒有，反而鍾情於小說寫作。

因為蘇菲個人的經歷與想像力，對於購物狂心態進行了準確而生動的描繪。她在《購物狂的異想世界》中創造了一個瘋狂購物、卻又魅力無法擋的女主角－麗貝 卡。她的寫作風格既深刻又幽默，同時藉著角色的呈現，一針見血地觸及讀者的內心深處。非購物狂者可透過麗貝卡的一舉一動探索迷人的購物世界；如果你正是購 物狂一族，更能獲得心領神會的笑意。

在英美，蘇菲被奉為「女性都會小說」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》及《購物狂姐妹花》迄今全球總銷售逾2,000,000冊，並擁有超過22國語言的翻譯本。

蘇菲的另一本小說－《Can You Keep a Secret?我的A級秘密》，電影由派拉蒙影業出品、「成名在望」金球獎最佳女配角凱特哈德森擔任女主角。《The Undomestic Goddess家事女神》亦被好萊塢製片公司買下電影版權。

蘇菲的生日是12月12號射手座，所以她的書都很樂觀、誠實、不受拘束。最新作品為《Shopaholic & Baby購物狂與寶寶》

Sophie Kinsella is the author of the bestselling Shopaholic series, as well as The Undomestic Goddess and Can You Keep a Secret? She lives in England.