Sophie Kinsella is well-known for her Shopaholic series, which was
adapted into a movie in 2009 (《購物狂的異想世界》). However,
today I would like to introduce to you another Kinsella’s book that I found
more intriguing, The Wedding Girl.
The Wedding Girl is Kinsella’s first book. She published it with her real name,
Madeleine Wickham. It is a love story blended with mystery elements. The main
character, Milly, was about to get married when it suddenly hit her that she
had already gotten married at eighteen 10 years ago. At that time, she was a
friend of an American, Allan, and his lover, Rupert. Allan wanted to stay in
the UK for Rupert desperately, and asked Milly for help. Young and naive, Milly
completed all the paper work and got married with Allan. The only problem was
that they forgot to get divorced and soon lost contact with each other after
graduation. Milly had to find Allan and get divorced in four days while trying
all out to hide the secret from her fiancé, Simon.
It is a smoothly knitted novel that I want to recommend to those who
has never thought about reading a love story. It is not a typical romance that
ends with simplistic “I love you. You love me. We are happy family.” It is a
lot more delicate than that and the story is truly spontaneous with a fast
tempo.
Following are some quotes that I really like:
1. You can easily love someone and still keep a secret from them.
2. If it's something that would trouble them needlessly. If it's
something they don't need to know. Some secrets are best left unsaid.
3. Happy people don't trawl through the past looking for answers.
See Sophie Kinsella talk about The
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