Título: Can You Keep a Secret?: A Novel
Autor: Sophie Kinsella
Sinopse: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Party Crasher and Love Your Life comes a novel with the same wicked humor, buoyant charm, and optimism as her beloved Shopaholic series.
“Sophie Kinsella keeps her finger on the cultural pulse, while leaving me giddy with laughter.”—Jojo Moyes, author of The Giver of Stars and The Last Letter from Your Lover
Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets:
Secrets from her boyfriend: I’ve always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken.
Secrets from her mother: I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur.
Secrets she wouldn’t share with anyone in the world: I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is.
Until she spills them all to a handsome stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger. . . .
But come Monday morning, Emma’s office is abuzz about the arrival of Jack Harper, the company’s elusive CEO. Suddenly Emma is face-to-face with the stranger from the plane, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her. Things couldn’t possibly get worse. Or could they?
Praise for Can You Keep a Secret?
“Venturing beyond Saks and Barney’s, the bestselling author of Confessions of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Ties the Knot entertains readers with backstabbing office shenanigans, competition, scandal, love and sex. . . . Kinsella’s down-to-earth protagonist is sure to have readers sympathizing and doubled over in laughter.”—Publishers Weekly
“If laughing out loud in public places is your bag, be sure to pick up [Can You Keep a Secret?]. Heroine Emma Corrigan is going to be your new best friend.”—Boston Herald
“Kinsella’s timing is so perfect, her instincts so spot-on, that it’s easy to . . . devour the book like the guilty pleasure it is.”—Miami Herald
“Chick lit at its lightest and breeziest . . . filled with fabulous clothes, stalwart friends, and snotty enemies waiting to be taken down a peg.”—Orlando Sentinel
“[Kinsella’s] dialogue is sharp, even her minor characters are well drawn, and her parody of the marketing world is very funny.”—Washington Post Book World
“[A] comedic frenzy of ill-fated events . . . punchy . . . fast-moving.”—Rocky Mountain News
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Can You Keep a Secret?: A Novel”, de Sophie Kinsella, publicado pela editora Dial Press Trade Paperback, em 2005 e com 368 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Dial Press Trade Paperback
Páginas: 368
Ano: 2005-03-01
Edição: Reprint
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0385338082
ISBN13: 9780385338080
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Dial Press Trade Paperback costumam apresentar narrativas que exploram relações humanas complexas, muitas vezes com um tom leve e humorístico, mas sem abrir mão de momentos emocionais profundos. É comum encontrar histórias ambientadas em cenários contemporâneos, desde retiros na Itália até cidades como Londres e Nova York, onde personagens enfrentam dilemas pessoais, amorosos e familiares. Algumas obras trazem também relatos históricos ou biográficos, com uma linguagem acessível e envolvente, que privilegia a experiência do leitor por meio de personagens vívidos e situações cotidianas. O catálogo sugere um equilíbrio entre ficção mais narrativa e obras que dialogam com temas atuais, como saúde mental, redes sociais e a busca por autenticidade.
