Can You Keep A Secret?

Can You Keep

A Secret?

Sophie Kinsella

To H, from whom I have no secrets. Well, not many, anyway.

Acknowledgements

A big thank you to Mark Hedley, Jenny Bond, Rosie Andrews and Olivia Heywood for all

their generous advice. And hugest gratitude as always to Linda Evans, Patrick Plonkington-

Smythe, Araminta Whitley and Celia Hayley, my boys and the board.

ONE

Of course I have secrets.

Of course I do. Everyone has a secret. It's completely normal. I'm sure I don't have any more

than anybody else.

I'm not talking about big, earth-shattering secrets. Not the-president-is-planning-to-bomb-

Japan-and-only-Will-Smith-can-save-the-world type secrets. Just normal, everyday little

secrets.

Like for example, here are a few random secrets of mine, off the top of my head:

1. My Kate Spade bag is a fake.

2. I love sweet sherry, the least cool drink in the universe.

3. I have no ide...