“A man will never love you or treat you as well as a store. If a man doesn’t fit, you can’t exchange him seven days later for a gorgeous cashmere sweater. And a store always smells good. A store can awaken a lust for things you never even knew you needed. And when your fingers first grasp those shiny, new bags…”

English author

Sophie Kinsella is the pen name of Madeleine Sophie Wickham, an English author. She is best known for the Shopaholic series of novels, which made her a widely recognized bestselling writer. The series began with The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic in 2000 and continued with Shopaholic Abroad in 2001. The first two books were later adapted into the 2009 film Confessions of a Shopaholic.