The Wedding Girl by Madeleine
Wickham
To Keep Or Not To Keep A Secret? That Is The Question...
At the age of eighteen, in that first golden Oxford summer, Milly was up for
anything. Rupert and his American lover, Allan, were an important part of
her new, exciting life, so when Rupert suggested to her that she and Allan
should get married to keep Allan in the country, Milly didn’t hesitate.
Ten years later, Milly is a very different person and engaged to Simon—
who is wealthy, serious, and believes her to be perfect. Milly’s secret
history is locked away so securely she has almost persuaded herself that it
doesn’t exist—until, only four days before her elaborate wedding. To have
and to hold takes on a whole new meaning when one bride’s past catches
up with her and bring the present crashing down.

With her trademark style of keen insight, and razor sharp wit, Madeleine
Wickham introduces her fanatical fan-base, plus a host of new readers to a
fresh and irresistible heroine in The Wedding Girl.
Personal Review: The Wedding Girl by Madeleine Wickham
If you don't know, Madeleine Wickham is the real name for Sophie Kinsella
(pen name). Yeap, the one who wrote the highly successful Shopaholic
series. Under her real name of Madeleine Wickham, she wrote several
books which have more substance than the frothy ones under Sophie
Kinsella. That's why she used a pen name to keep her styles of writing
apart.
The Wedding Girl is one such book with much meaty substance. She must
have germinated her ideas for "Can you Keep A Secret?" which she wrote
later under Sophie Kinsella from this earlier book, The Wedding Girl.
Are secrets better left unearthed or are they better off exposed to those
that concern you? How would it affect relationships that have formed
preconceived set values and change the dynamics? Will it be the same?
That is the recurring fear harboured by Milly Havill who got married for a
frivolous reason 10 years ago and now has to un-do that marriage in order
to marry the person she truly loves.
Familiarity breeds contempt within the family. This is the ongoing theme in
the book, you think you know someone too well and you begin to perform
selective memory. You only bring up characteristics that you dislike about
them which becomes all too consuming for you and bury their good points
fathoms deep. That is until someone from outside your immediate family
brings to you a new perspective on their characters.
The author deftly handles the multitude of secrets harboured by several
characters. The secrets harboured here are definitely more grounded in
reality than those in "Can You Keep A Secret?".
Read it or you will miss out on a much earlier Sophie Kinsella very
sophisticated story telling skills!!!
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