The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
written by Sophie Kinsella
part of Shopaholic

"Shopaholic Takes Manhattan" (also known as "Shopaholic Abroad") (2001) is the second in the popular 'Shopaholic' series. It follows the story of Becky Bloomwood and her adventures when she's offered the chance to work in New York.

The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (Confessions of a Shopaholic in the US) is the first in the popular Shopaholic series. It is a chick-lit novel by Sophie Kinsella, a pen-name of Madeline Wickham. In America the book is known as Confessions of a Shopaholic. It focuses on the main character Rebecca (Becky) Bloomwood, a financial journalist, who is in a serious amount of debt through her shopping addiction.

The book opens with Becky living with her boyfriend Luke in Manhattan (both are from England). She has finally found her career calling as a personal shopper at Barney's and is happily helping her best friend Suze plan her wedding. Becky is shocked when she catches Suze's bouquet and finds a marriage proposal from Luke in it. Suddenly, she finds herself caught in the middle between her mother and Luke's mother, both of whom want to throw her a lavish wedding, one in England and one at the Plaza in New York. The problem? Becky can't seem to tell either of them no, even as both weddings are being planned for the same day.