genre twenties girl
Bantam Press is an imprint of Transworld Publishers which is a British publishing division of Random House . Random House is the largest general - interest paperback publisher in the world . As of 2013 , it is part of Penguin Random House , which is jointly owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann and British global ___MASK89___ and publishing company Pearson PLC . ___MASK49___ or Chick ___MASK27___ is ___MASK84___ fiction , which  consists of heroine - centered narratives that focus on the trials and tribulations of their individual protagonists . The ___MASK84___ often addresses issues of modern womanhood  from romantic relationships to female friendships to matters in the workplace  in humorous and lighthearted ways . At its onset , chick lit  s protagonists tended to be  single , white , heterosexual , British and American women in their late twenties and early thirties , living in metropolitan areas . The ___MASK84___ became popular in the late 1990s , with chick lit titles topping bestseller lists and the creation of imprints devoted entirely to chick lit . ___MASK49___ critics generally agree that British author Helen Fielding  s " Bridget Jones  s ___MASK37___ " ( 1996 ) is the  ur - text  of chick lit . Twenties Girl is a 2009 book by Sophie Kinsella ( pen name of Madeline Wickham ) . Her fourth `` stand - alone '' book , it was published by Bantam Press . Shopaholic Abroad ( also known as Shopaholic Takes Manhattan ) ( 2001 ) is the second in the " Shopaholic " series . It is an ___MASK78___ ___MASK100___ by Sophie Kinsella , a pseudonym of Madeleine Wickham . It follows the story of Becky Bloomwood and her adventures when she ' s offered the chance to work in New York City . The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic ( 2000 ) ( Confessions of a Shopaholic in the United States and ___MASK74___ ) is the first in the popular Shopaholic series . It is a chick - lit ___MASK100___ by Sophie Kinsella , a pen - name of Madeleine Wickham . It focuses on the main character Rebecca ( Becky ) Bloomwood , a financial journalist , who is in a serious amount of debt through her shopping addiction . Madeleine Sophie Wickham ( née Townley ; born 12 December 1969 ), also known under the pen name Sophie Kinsella , is an English author of ___MASK49___ . The first two novels in her best - selling Shopaholic series , " The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic " and " Shopaholic Abroad ", were adapted into the film " Confessions of a Shopaholic " ( 2009 ). Her books have been translated into over 30 languages .