Save Karyn: One Shopaholic's Journey to Debt and Back

Drowning in $20,000 of credit card debt, shopaholic Karyn Bosnak asked strangers for money online -- and it worked

What would you do if you owed $20,000? Would you: A) not tell your parents? B) start your own website that asked for money without apology? or C) stop coloring your hair, getting pedicures, and buying Gucci? If you were Karyn Bosnak, you'd do all three.

Karyn started a funny yet honest website, www.savekaryn.com, on which she asked for donations to help her get out of debt. Karyn received e-mails from people all over the world, either confessing their own debt-ridden lives, or criticizing hers. But after four months of Internet panhandling and selling her prized possessions on eBay, her debt was gone

In Save Karyn: One Shopaholic's Journey to Debt and Back, Karyn details the bumpy road her financial -- and personal -- life has traveled to get her where she is today: happy, grateful, and completely debt-free. In this charming cautionary tale, Karyn chronicles her glamorous rise, her embarrassing fall, and how the kindness of strangers in cyberia really can make a difference.

Author: Karyn Bosnak
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 09/02/2003
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.30w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780060558192

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2003 pg. 904
Library Journal 09/01/2003 pg. 180
Booklist 09/01/2003 pg. 32
Library Journal 08/01/2003

About the Author
Bosnak, Karyn: -

Karyn Bosnak spent her early working career as a daytime television producer for various talk shows, including Jenny Jones and The Ananda Lewis Show. She is the author of Save Karyn, an inspiration to shopaholics and women in credit card debt everywhere. She lives in New York City.