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The Undomestic Goddess

By Sophie Kinsella

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| Hardcover | 9780385338684

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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 Continue

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?

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  • The Best Reviews: Sophie Kinsella, The Undomestic Goddess

    "interesting character study" In London attorney Samantha Sweeting works 24/7 on her legal career in order to achieve her objective of becoming the youngest partner at twenty-nine in Carter Spinks law firm's illustrious history. Having sold her soul ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

  • THE UNDOMESTIC GODDESS

    Whether your dust bunnies have become full-fledged rabbits and you consider speed-dialing Dominos a viable form of "cooking" or you frequently wield a feather duster while waiting for your homemade dough to rise, you're sure to derive vicarious pleas ... (read full critics)

    teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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  • 1 person find this helpful

    I think the shopoholic series is much better and more convincing than this book.

    The shopololic is a finance journalist, who has the same background os Sophie Kinsella. Therefore the story and the job description in the book actually make sense. However, the heroine of this book is a lawyer w ... (continue)

    I think the shopoholic series is much better and more convincing than this book.

    The shopololic is a finance journalist, who has the same background os Sophie Kinsella. Therefore the story and the job description in the book actually make sense. However, the heroine of this book is a lawyer who works as a housekeeper - for one thing I don't believe the writer knows how to bake or did enough research on housekeeping before she wrote the book. It is also hard to believe that a person with a "top legal brain" can be so indecisive and naive. Also, the story didn't even bother to explain the big evil plot behind story, but only told us investigators were digging, and that's it. (We want to know the details!)

    In any case, this is a light and entertaining book, and as the press described, is a good accessary for the beach.

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    material girl said on May 20, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • I did not read what this book was about prior to reading it because the title was pretty self explanatory. Samantha is a workaholic lawyer and mistakenly gets hired as a housekeeper. It's quite funny what she is expected to do in her new job and the fact that she can't even cook and hasn't a clue ... (continue)

    I did not read what this book was about prior to reading it because the title was pretty self explanatory. Samantha is a workaholic lawyer and mistakenly gets hired as a housekeeper. It's quite funny what she is expected to do in her new job and the fact that she can't even cook and hasn't a clue how to clean a thing. She develops a crush on the gardener and the story gets better from there. I especially like the plot about Samantha losing her position as a lawyer and how it all ends up at the end of the book. Definitely was surprised at how good a read this book turned out to be.

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    Elle said on Aug 27, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • very silly, but really enjoyable. and considering the kinsella's books I have read are all very similar, this is the one worth reading.

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    Chiaragattinoni said on Jun 12, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Sweeting's character is empowering. Humbly accepted the mistake of being a helper and tried not to outsmart everyone even though she has all the chance to do so. And though she has been too naïve to be framed up by her other colleague, she’s still the sophisticated intelligent woman who managed to b ... (continue)

    Sweeting's character is empowering. Humbly accepted the mistake of being a helper and tried not to outsmart everyone even though she has all the chance to do so. And though she has been too naïve to be framed up by her other colleague, she’s still the sophisticated intelligent woman who managed to brought back her good reputation and to make things possible again. She embraced her new life after gaining back all those hardships she went through being a lawyer. Sweeting clearly depicted how woman should be – she knows when to run away and accept defeat, when to stop, gives new experience and knowledge a chance even if she is considered to be one of the most intelligent people in her profession and the fact how some things in life could be learned in such unexpected and easy way.

    Light read. Not too romantic and funny.

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    Joanna said on Jun 2, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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