What Does it Feel Like? By Sophie Kinsella.

 

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I’ve never read anything like this brave, beautiful novella based on Sophie Kinsella’s own life. I finished it in one reading last night and I am still stunned by Sophie’s brilliance in being able to write this book with her customary wit and lightheartedness. I had no idea until I got to the end that Sophie was actually writing her own story.

Sophie’s heroine, Eve, a successful novelist writes a best seller which is turned into a smash hit movie. So far, echoing Sophie’s life. The next echo is Eve very slowly coming to the realisation that her life is irrevocably changed. 

 Because I had no prior knowledge of Sophie Kinsella’s story, everything I read last night came as a surprise to me. For this reason I’m not going to give away any spoilers; but I wish everyone could read this book (just 79 pages) and take inspiration from Sophie Kinsella’s bravery and the constant, absolute love and devotion of her husband and their five children.

I must admit I borrowed this book from the Parkes online library (Borrow Box) simply because I wanted to read a story about a beautiful dress by a writer whose books have always delighted me. Of course, it isn’t about a beautiful dress, it’s about a beautiful person who has now taken up residence in my heart. I will never forget Sophie Kinsella.

A Penguin book.