Can You Keep a Secret?

By: Sophie Kinsella

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

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

©2004 Sophie Kinsella (P)2004 Books on Tape, Inc.

Critic reviews

• Romantic Times Award Winner - Best Chick Lit Novel, 2004

"Too good to pass up." (USA Today)

enjoyable & lighthearted

I'm not a huge chick-lit fan, but decided to listen to this book based on other's reviews as well as to try something different from my usual thriller/mystery novel. I wasn't disappointed at all. The narrator is fantastic and did a wonderful job with this novel. The story itself is lighthearted and amusing and completely relatable to the average woman out there. I found myself laughing outloud several times, nervous for the heroine in uncomfortable situations, and sad during the more trying ones. I would definitely recommend this book to others, would listen again, and was so sad when it was over. A great listen during my travels to work and back - I have to admit, I was happy when there was traffic!

Entertaining

This book was laugh out loud funny. It was predictable but very entertaining.

This story always makes me laugh!

Love it! I have listened to this story so many times and it always makes me laugh!

Narrator Ruined It For Me

Every heavy, sibilant "s" ... every sharp, staccato, clicking "t" and "k" and "d" ... every glottal "k" ... every popped "p" ... well, they seemed deliberately emphasized, and set my nerves on edge. I found myself anticipating them, to the detriment of the story itself - but soldiered through to the end, anyway.

I realize I'm in the minority - but the narrator was a deal breaker in terms of enjoying this book.

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The narrator’s voice sounded too old for the age of the Emma character. The voices of the other characters were fine. I did enjoy the story and I always enjoy the mix of comedy.

Can You Keep a Secret?

Typical Sophie. If you love her books as I do you'll love this one too.

Loved it! Laughed out loud many times!

Super cute story - funny and relatable. The performance is fantastic and consistent. One of those books that you just can't stop listening to.

Listen to ALONE!

You will laugh out loud and people will try to have you committed. I am so very glad that I listened to this in my car because I laughed at this way too hard!! The performance was amazing, the inflection was spot on, I felt like I was in the actual story. I love Sophie Kinsella and will continue to read and listen to her books.

lighthearted romp

just what I needed as a change from the normal mystery. altho storyline was similar to the Shopaholic Series

this was a lol book from beginning to end

I literally laughed out loud throughout the book. Enjoyed the story a lot!