Finding Audrey (26 page)

Another pause.

AUDREY

I think Mum’s really pleased I’ve got my eyes back. She said they were the first thing she looked at when I was born. My eyes. They’re me. They’re who I am.

Audrey plays around with the lid of the palette for a few seconds, then closes it and addresses the camera.

AUDREY

Anyway. This has been fun, making this film. I mean, not always fun, but mostly. You know. So. Thanks for watching, whoever you are.

A pause – then she gives the most dazzling, radiant smile.

AUDREY

So I guess that’s it. I’ll turn off now.

As she comes close to turn off the camera, Audrey’s blue eyes loom large, filling the screen. She blinks a couple of times, then winks at the camera.

AUDREY

See you.

Sophie Kinsella
raced into the UK bestseller lists in September 2000 with her first novel,
The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
. The book’s heroine, Becky Bloomwood, captured the hearts of readers worldwide and became the star of the hit movie
Confessions of a Shopaholic
.

Sophie wrote her first novel under her real name, Madeleine Wickham, aged 24, while working as a journalist. It became a top ten bestseller and she went on to publish six more novels as Madeleine Wickham. She submitted her first ‘Sophie Kinsella’ novel anonymously to her existing publishers and it was snapped up without her editors knowing that she was already one of their authors. It wasn’t until later, when the appropriately titled
Can You Keep a Secret?
was published, that Sophie revealed her true identity to the public for the first time.

Can You Keep A Secret?

Confessions of a Shopaholic

I’ve Got Your Number

Mini Shopaholic

Remember Me?

Shopaholic & Baby

Shopaholic & Sister

Shopaholic Abroad

Shopaholic Ties The Knot

The Secret Dreamworld Of A Shopaholic

The Undomestic Goddess

Twenties Girl

Wedding Night

FINDING AUDREY
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