Then I'll find some really cheap bangle on discount, and I'll pick that up too. I'll buy the grownup investment piece that they tell you is going to last forever. How would you characterize your shopping habits? Are you a bargain hunter, or is it luxury goods all the way?īoth. (See the 20 best back-to-school gadgets.) It's true everything: cars, computers, gadgets. It's not even so much about the thing itself.
I think it's the feeling that your life will be transformed with this one purchase. Becky ends up becoming a shopaholic in the first place, really, from the banks encouraging her to take out credit. I certainly realized when I was a financial journalist how much the world is driven by money and credit, especially easy credit. (See what kids need to know about money.)ĭoes your business-reporter background give you insight into the psychology of shopping? If I gave Becky a son, my poor sons would be under scrutiny you know, which one is it?
I felt that Becky just had to have a daughter. In your new book, Becky has a 2-year-old daughter, Minnie, who is kind of a holy terror. But the great thing is that she's ingenious and she never gives up. She has the best of intentions, but sometimes no, always her plans go awry. They just do it in a different way.Īn eternal optimist. Shopping doesn't go away during a recession. Is it tough writing about a world-class shopper during a recession? TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs reached the prolific novelist at her home in London. , her sixth book featuring thrift-challenged heroine Becky Bloomwood. OL15369411W Page_number_confidence 93.41 Pages 442 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210126164526 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 314 Scandate 20210124014334 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780385342049 Tts_version 4.20 million books already in print, British author Madeleine Wickham better known by her pen name, Sophie Kinsella is back with Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:41:03 Boxid IA40048411 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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