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Madeleine Wickham

    This author is celebrated for her literary exploration of the intricate relationship between material desires and personal happiness. Her works keenly capture the modern obsession with shopping and its impact on individuals, often with a humorous touch. Through her characters, the author delves into themes of financial irresponsibility and the quest for life balance. Her distinctive style blends sharp social commentary with accessible, engaging narratives.

    Shopaholic & Sister
    Shopaholic - 4: Shopalicious
    The gatecrasher
    The Gatecrasher
    Sleeping Arrangements
    Cocktails for Three
    • Surprise Me

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR Sophie Kinsella's emotionally charged, witty new standalone novel about love and long-term relationship survival - and how those we think we know best can sometimes surprise us the most . . .After being together for ten years, Sylvie and Dan have a comfortable home, fulfilling jobs, beautiful twin girls, and communicate so seamlessly, they finish each other's sentences. They have a happy marriage and believe they know everything there is to know about each other. Until it's casually mentioned to them that they could be together for another sixty-eight years... and panic sets in.They quickly decide to create little surprises for each other, to keep their relationship fresh and fun. But in their pursuit of Project Surprise Me - anything from unexpected gifts to restaurant dates to photo shoots - mishaps arise with disastrous and comical results. Gradually, the surprises turn to shocking discoveries. And when a scandal from the past is uncovered, they begin to wonder if they ever really knew each other after all...***** EVERYBODY LOVES SOPHIE KINSELLA- *****'Left me giddy with laughter. I loved it' JOJO MOYES'One of the most relatable books I've read in a long time, I couldn?t put it down.' LOUISE PENTLAND (SprinkleofGlitter)'Life doesn't get much better than a new Sophie Kinsella novel' RED

      Surprise Me2018
      3.5
    • Shopaholic - 4: Shopalicious

      Becky ontmoet haar zus - druk 16

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      De huwelijksreis rond de wereld van Becky en Luke was een daverend succes. En natuurlijk heeft Becky enkele souvenirs aangeschaft. Zijden kamerjassen uit Hongkong… vijf Turkse tapijten… een tafel met tien stoelen uit Sri Lanka... de, eh, manshoge giraffebeelden uit Malawi… alles wordt netjes thuisbezorgd. Luke is ziedend. Becky mag zelfs haar 'geheime' tweede creditcard niet meer gebruiken. Er is nog meer ongelooflijk nieuws: ze blijkt een zus te hebben! Maar wanneer Becky Jessica voor het eerst ontmoet, krijgt ze de schrik van haar leven. Het kan toch niet waar zijn dat haar zus een hekel heeft aan... winkelen?

      Shopaholic - 4: Shopalicious2014
      3.7
    • The tennis party

      • 239 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      A weekend tennis party becomes study of modern marriage for four very different couples of varying economic, social, and interest levels as together they encounter two days of anger, shock, revelations, and romance.

      The tennis party2013
      2.9
    • Lottie is tired of long-term boyfriends who don't want to commit to marriage. When her old boyfriend Ben reappears and reminds her of their pact to get married if they were both still single at thirty, she jumps at the chance. There will be no dates and no engagement - just a straight wedding march to the altar.

      Wedding night2013
      3.6
    • On a shimmeringly hot Sunday in May, the Delaneys opened their pool to all the village for charity. The day seemed perfect. But, suddenly the perfect day was shattered, as tragedy struck. And the consequences of a terrible accident developed into a drama of recriminations, jealousy and legal power-play.

      Swimming Pool Sunday2011
      3.4
    • For Rebecca Bloomwood, life is peachy. She has a job on morning TV, telling people how to manage their money - a subject on which she is an expert. Her bank manager is actually being nice to her, despite being just a tad overdrawn. And the icing on the brioche is that her boyfriend is moving to New York ...and has asked her to go with him.New York! The Museum of Modern Art! The Guggenheim! The Metropolitan Opera House! And Becky does mean to go to all these. Honestly. It's just that it seems silly not to check out a few other places first. Like Bloomingdales. And Saks. And that amusing little place she's been told about where you can sometimes get a Prada dress for $10. Or was it $100? Anyway, it's full of fantastic bargains.Shopaholic Abroad - because there just aren't enough shops in Britain.

      Shopaholic Abroad2011
      3.8
    • Cocktails for three

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Three women, smart and successful, working in the fast and furious world of magazines, meet for cocktails and gossip once a month. Roxanne: glamorous, self-confident, with a secret lover - and hoping that one day he will leave his wife and marry her. Maggie:capable and high-achieving, until she finds the one thing she can't cope with - motherhood. Candice:honest, decent, or so she believes - until a ghost from her past turns up, and almost ruins her life. A chance encounter in the cocktail bar sets in train an extraordinary set of events which upsets all their lives and almost destroys their friendship...

      Cocktails for three2010
      3.5