Monday, April 02, 2007

Can you keep a secret???

‘Can you keep a secret?’ Is the name of a book by Sophie Kinsella, actually my current favorite of course after ‘Harry Potter’. It’s a delightful novel. Sophie Kinsella is a former financial journalist and author of the bestselling novels Confession of a Shopaholic, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, Shopaholic Ties the Knot, Shopaholic & Sister, and The Undomestic Goddess. I haven’t read any of the above novels but yes after reading this book, I will surely read all of the rest.

It’s a story about Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a beautiful heart, an irrepressible spirit and a few little secrets…like
Secrets from her Boyfriend
She always thought her boyfriend looks like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken
Secrets from her mother
She lost her virginity while her Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur.
Secrets she wouldn’t share with anyone in the world.
But she spills them all to a stranger on the plane, thinking that she will die and he was the last person she ever sees. She thought he was a stranger…. Until Emma comes face to face with that stranger, Jack Harper, the company’s elusive CEO, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her….

The dialogue is sharp, even the minor characters are well drawn. She witty takes on mundane office and family life will really make you laugh out loud.

So if I ask this question “Can you keep a secret???” Many people many opinions. Some says yes and some said no. Or should I say should we share our entire secret or not??
For me I feel that if it’s going to create unwanted tension it’s better to keep quite.
But on the other hand, like Emma from the novel she remains the same person after all.
I just love the whole idea of love and trust in the novel. That’s very much important in any relation. Whether you have a secret or not.. it doesn’t matter as long as you love and trust the other person. Everyone has their on little secret in life. You shouldn't force the other person to tell their secrets even if you are her/his boyfriend/girlfriend. Trusts the people you love, forget about the secret.

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