The Undomestic Goddess
Registered by CandyDarling of Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on 2/28/2006
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Journal Entry 1 by CandyDarling from Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Tuesday, February 28, 2006
The story of a girl who needs to slow down. To find herself. To fall in love. And to discover what an iron is for...
Samantha is a high-powered lawyer in London. She works all hours, has no home life, and cares only about getting a partnership. She thrives on the pressure and adrenalin. Until one day...she makes a mistake. A mistake so huge, it'll wreck her career. She walks right out of the office, gets on the first train she sees, and finds herself in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she is mistaken for the interviewee housekeeper and finds herself being offered the job. They have no idea they've hired a Cambridge-educated lawyer with an IQ of 158 - Samantha has no idea how to work the oven. Disaster ensues. It's chaos as Samantha battles with the washing machine...the ironing board...and attempts to cook a cordon bleu dinner. But gradually, she falls in love with her new life in a wholly unexpected way. Will her employers ever discover the truth? Will Samantha's old life ever catch up with her? And if it does...will she want it back?
Samantha is a high-powered lawyer in London. She works all hours, has no home life, and cares only about getting a partnership. She thrives on the pressure and adrenalin. Until one day...she makes a mistake. A mistake so huge, it'll wreck her career. She walks right out of the office, gets on the first train she sees, and finds herself in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she is mistaken for the interviewee housekeeper and finds herself being offered the job. They have no idea they've hired a Cambridge-educated lawyer with an IQ of 158 - Samantha has no idea how to work the oven. Disaster ensues. It's chaos as Samantha battles with the washing machine...the ironing board...and attempts to cook a cordon bleu dinner. But gradually, she falls in love with her new life in a wholly unexpected way. Will her employers ever discover the truth? Will Samantha's old life ever catch up with her? And if it does...will she want it back?
I finished this book today, and I LOVED it! Perfect light reading for the summer.
There's one thing you need to know about this book - it is of course completely unrealistic that Samantha manages to get herself employed as a housekeeper and isn't instantly found out, but it doesn't detract from the enjoyment of the book, unless you are expecting realism. The book is typical Kinsella style, but Samantha is a very likable character, and there's even a deeper message behind the suspense of having to keep her identity secret - Samantha questions what she wants in life, and her realizations seem to be shared by many people today who choose to downshift.
There's one thing you need to know about this book - it is of course completely unrealistic that Samantha manages to get herself employed as a housekeeper and isn't instantly found out, but it doesn't detract from the enjoyment of the book, unless you are expecting realism. The book is typical Kinsella style, but Samantha is a very likable character, and there's even a deeper message behind the suspense of having to keep her identity secret - Samantha questions what she wants in life, and her realizations seem to be shared by many people today who choose to downshift.
Journal Entry 3 by CandyDarling at OBCZ Columbus in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Sunday, October 15, 2017
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