But I don’t care. I’m heading the right way. And I’ve never felt better in my life.
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FROM THE OFFICE OF DIX DONAHUE
To Graham Bloomwood
With greatest appreciation for you and your wonderful daughter Rebecca.
You’re welcome to come to a show and visit me back stage any time.
With very best wishes
Your pal
Dix Donahue
PS: Thank Jeff for this!
PPS: I heard you went missing. Hope you’re back safe and sound by now??
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CREDITS
Associate Producers (UK)
Araminta Whitley, Peta Nightingale, Jennifer Hunt, Sophie Hughes
London Unit
Linda Evans, Bill Scott-Kerr, Larry Finlay, Polly Osborn, Claire Evans, Suzanne Riley, Sarah Roscoe and her team, Claire Ward, Kate Samano and Elisabeth Merriman, Jo Williamson, Bradley Rose
Associate Producers (US)
Kim Witherspoon, David Forrer
New York Unit
Susan Kamil, Deborah Aroff, Kelsey Tiffey, Avideh Bashirrad, Karen Fink, Theresa Zoro, Sally Marvin, Loren Novek, Benjamin Dreyer, Paolo Pepe, Scott Shannon, Matt Schwartz
Associate Producers (rest of the world)
Nicki Kennedy
Sam Edenborough & all the team at ILA
Best Boys: Freddy, Hugo, Oscar and Rex
Best Girl: Sybella
Key Grip: Hestia the Labrador
Catering: Carol and Edith
Childcare: Greena and Grub-Grub
Miss Kinsella’s nutritional supplements supplied by: Rolo &
Mint Aero
Production Manager: #HenrytheManager
Lifetime Achievement Award: Barb Burg RIP, 29 April 2014
THE SHOPAHOLIC SERIES
Starring the unforgettable Becky Bloomwood, shopper extraordinaire …
The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
(also published as Confessions of a Shopaholic)
Meet Becky – a journalist who spends all her time telling people how to manage money, and all her leisure time spending it. But the letters from her bank manager are getting harder to ignore. Can she ever escape this dream world, find true love … and regain the use of her credit card?
Shopaholic Abroad
Becky’s life is peachy. Her balance is in the black – well, nearly – and now her boyfriend has asked her to move to New York with him. Can Becky keep the man and the clothes when there’s so much temptation around every corner?
Shopaholic Ties the Knot
Becky finally has the perfect job, the perfect man and, at last, the perfect wedding. Or rather, weddings … How has Becky ended up with not one, but two big days?
Shopaholic & Sister
Becky has received some incredible news. She has a long-lost sister! But how will she cope when she realizes her sister is not a shopper … but a skinflint?
Skopaholic & Baby
Becky is pregnant! But being Becky, she decides to shop around – for a new, more expensive obstetrician – and unwittingly ends up employing Luke’s ex-girlfriend! How will Becky make it through the longest nine months of her life?
Mini Shopaholic
Times are hard, so Becky’s Cutting Back. She has the perfect idea: throw a budget-busting birthday party. But her daughter Minnie can turn the simplest event into chaos. Whose turn will it be to sit on the naughty step?
OTHER BOOKS
Sophie Kinsella’s hilarious, heart-warming standalone novels
Can You Keep a Secret?
Certain she’s going to die in a plane crash, Emma blurts out her deepest, darkest secrets to the sexy stranger next to her. But it’s OK, because she’ll never have to see him again … will she?
The Undomestic Goddess
Samantha works all hours, has no home life and thrives on adrenalin. Then one day it all falls apart. She finds herself a new life as housekeeper in a country house. Will her old life ever catch up with her? And if it does, will she want it back?
Remember Me?
What if you woke up and your life was perfect? Somehow Lexi’s life has fast-forwarded three years, and she has everything she’s ever wanted – the job, the house, the man. Or does she? What went on in those missing years, and can she cope when she finds out the truth?
Twenties Girl
Lara has always had an overactive imagination. But even she finds it hard to believe when the ghost of her great aunt Sadie shows up, asking for her help. Is Lara losing her mind? Or could two girls from different times end up helping each other?
I’ve Got Your Number
First Poppy loses her engagement ring – a priceless heirloom – and then she misplaces her phone. The only alternative seems to be to take a mobile she finds in a bin. Little knowing that she’s picked up another man in the process …
Wedding Night
Lottie is determined to get married. And Ben seems perfect – they have history, he’s gorgeous and he’s willing to do it now. They’ll iron out their little differences later. All that’s left to do is seal the deal. But their families have different plans …
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sophie Kinsella is an international number-one bestselling author whose earliest encounter with Hollywood, apart from an obsession with The Wizard of Oz, was when her first novel, The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic, was made into a hit movie. She lives in London with her husband and children.
Visit her website at www.sophiekinsella.co.uk
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