"Can You Keep a Secret?"

What would you do if you suddenly spilled all your innermost secrets to a complete stranger during a moment of stress only to discover that "stranger" is actually the multimillionaire CEO of the corporation you work for?  This is dilemma of Emma Corrigan, the novel's protagonist, in Sophie Kinsella's, Can You Keep a Secret?  Emma begins to wonder if her life could get any worse and then it does!  

Just a sampling of some of this irrepressible woman's secrets are:

Secrets from her mother:
I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur.
Sammy the goldfish in my parents’ kitchen is not the same goldfish that Mum gave me to look after when she and Dad were in Egypt.

Secrets from her boyfriend:
I weigh one hundred and twenty-eight pounds. Not one eighteen, like Connor thinks.
I’ve always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken.

Secrets from her colleagues:
When Artemis really annoys me, I feed her plant orange juice. (Which is pretty much every day.) 

It was me who jammed the copier that time. In fact, all the times.

Secrets she wouldn’t share with anyone in the world:
My G-string is hurting me.
I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is.

This is actually the second time I've read this novel.  I first read this book back in 2004 when the novel was released. In perusing the stacks of the library yesterday, I came across this book and I thought that I'd re-read it and see if it was still as enjoyable. I must say it did not disappoint.  Funny, moving and surprisingly thoughtful, Secret is a fun look at relationships and what happens when you're either completely truthful with people or tell little fibs to make everyone's life easier.  

Yes, it is definitely a chick novel.  No, it will never win a Pulitzer prize for literature. But it is a fun, funny novel which entertains. And really is there anything better than that??