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When I saw in the last Issue of Glamour that Sophie Kinsella had brought out a new novel, I just knew I had to get onto Amazon immediately. I’m always a little bit apprehensive when she brings out a new book that does not involve one of my favourite modern literary characters, Becky Bloomwood; however, so far with Kinsella’s non-Shopaholic novels, I’ve had positive experiences, and I can honestly say that this latest offering is no exception.
In brief, Twenties Girl is about a young woman called Lara who is, in effect, hopeless in love. One day, she is visited by the 25 year old ghost of her Great Aunt Sadie who haunts her continually and pretty much forces her into helping her search for a missing necklace, along with other challenges along the way, including a love interest.
Despite the fact that Lara has her own problems such as attempting to run a company she knows nothing about and trying to make her ex boyfriend fall in love with her again, Sadie haunts her mercilessly, and over the course of the book, she literally turns Lara’s life upside down. She gradually changes her from an unadventurous hopeless case, into a strong, confidennt woman, by making her carry out strange, sometimes utterly crazy tasks on her behalf; so crazy that you’ll be so torn between physically cringing in embarassment or laughing, you just end up doing both.
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