The Undomestic Goddess 
asked by scoobie on November 27, 2006 3:26 PM
Workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting has just done the unthinkable. She’s made a mistake so huge, it’ll wreck any chance of a partnership.
Going into utter meltdown, she walks out of her London office, gets on a train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she’s mistaken for an interviewee and finds herself being offered a job as housekeeper. Her employers have no idea they’ve hired a lawyer–and Samantha has no idea how to work the oven. She can’t sew on a button, bake a potato, or get the #@%# ironing board to open. How she takes a deep breath and begins to cope–and finds love–is a story as delicious as the bread she learns to bake.
But will her old life ever catch up with her? And if it does…will she want it back?
Going into utter meltdown, she walks out of her London office, gets on a train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she’s mistaken for an interviewee and finds herself being offered a job as housekeeper. Her employers have no idea they’ve hired a lawyer–and Samantha has no idea how to work the oven. She can’t sew on a button, bake a potato, or get the #@%# ironing board to open. How she takes a deep breath and begins to cope–and finds love–is a story as delicious as the bread she learns to bake.
But will her old life ever catch up with her? And if it does…will she want it back?
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This book is great! There are some parts in the book that had me crying I was laughing so hard! My dog even came over to see what was wrong with me! :) So I definately recommend this book.
reviewed by literary on November 29, 2006 2:53 AM
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Another funny girly story from Sophie Kinsella. The heroine is a work-obsessed, intelligent, perfectionist, go-getter career gal -- a female archetype that I could totally relate to (smile!) She makes an (apparently) fatal mistake which sends her into a tailspin. She lands herself in a bizarre and funny predicament. I liked this book because it shows how we women can transform ourselves into whatever we set our minds to.
reviewed by jdog on November 29, 2006 1:10 PM
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The author of the Shopaholic series features a workaholic in this hysterically funny book.
High-powered London attorney Samantha Sweeting has just learned she has been made partner in the prestigious firm of Carter Spink, when she discovers a form on her desk that was to be filed with the court weeks ago. How could she have missed this deadline?
The results are disastrous. She notifies that bank and the firms concerned, realizes that nothing can avert the loss of 50 million pounds. In shock, she staggers out of the building and walks until she discovers she is at Paddington Station, where she boards a train and ends up in a tiny bucolic village--after imbibing several drinks on the train.
There she approaches a mansion intending to ask for water and some aspirin, when the homeowners take her for an applicant for the housekeeper position of. She stays on, thinking "what the heck," she can do this. However, Samantha did not know that vacuum cleaners have bags, or how to operate her oven or washing machine, and quickly she is in over her head.
Hunky gardener Nathanial enlists the help of his mother to teach Sam the basics of cooking and cleaning, and he tries hard not to laugh at her attempts. Eventually Sam uncovers the truth about the mislaid document and the firms involved, and when she informs her bosses at Carter Spink, they decide they want her back.
Read the book to find out if she wants that life back--the 7-day-a-week, 12-hour-a-day-work schedule, with no time for friends or family--or what happens.
Armchair Interviews says: Good story for fun reading.
High-powered London attorney Samantha Sweeting has just learned she has been made partner in the prestigious firm of Carter Spink, when she discovers a form on her desk that was to be filed with the court weeks ago. How could she have missed this deadline?
The results are disastrous. She notifies that bank and the firms concerned, realizes that nothing can avert the loss of 50 million pounds. In shock, she staggers out of the building and walks until she discovers she is at Paddington Station, where she boards a train and ends up in a tiny bucolic village--after imbibing several drinks on the train.
There she approaches a mansion intending to ask for water and some aspirin, when the homeowners take her for an applicant for the housekeeper position of. She stays on, thinking "what the heck," she can do this. However, Samantha did not know that vacuum cleaners have bags, or how to operate her oven or washing machine, and quickly she is in over her head.
Hunky gardener Nathanial enlists the help of his mother to teach Sam the basics of cooking and cleaning, and he tries hard not to laugh at her attempts. Eventually Sam uncovers the truth about the mislaid document and the firms involved, and when she informs her bosses at Carter Spink, they decide they want her back.
Read the book to find out if she wants that life back--the 7-day-a-week, 12-hour-a-day-work schedule, with no time for friends or family--or what happens.
Armchair Interviews says: Good story for fun reading.
reviewed by madfool on November 29, 2006 2:51 PM