The Undomestic Goddess
3 journalers for this copy...
Here is what it says on the back cover!
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 adrenelin. 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.... 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??
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 adrenelin. 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.... 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??
This is a 2nd copy of this book I have had (loved it), here is my original journal entry
This was a really funny and quick read! I found the character to be very similar in ways to Becky in the Shopaholic series (not a bad thing). I found myself reading very late in to the night trying to read more. I can't spoil the book for others, so I can't say what I 'hoped' would have happened at the end LOL
This was a really funny and quick read! I found the character to be very similar in ways to Becky in the Shopaholic series (not a bad thing). I found myself reading very late in to the night trying to read more. I can't spoil the book for others, so I can't say what I 'hoped' would have happened at the end LOL
Journal Entry 3 by katybean from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom on Monday, August 28, 2006
Journal Entry 4 by katybean from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, September 5, 2006
This (once I have her address) is on it's way to Cyzaki, as it was taken from a virtual bookbox on the BCUK extra site!
Katybean
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Journal Entry 5 by Cyzaki from Southam, Warwickshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, September 13, 2006
This is a book I've wanted to read for ages, thanks!
Heh, I understand the chick peas picture now! Highly appropriate! :-D
I really enjoyed this book, so much so that I started reading it last night, read until 3.30am, and finished it this morning when I woke up. It's been ages since I've done that, luckily I'm not working this morning!
It's a really good story which makes you think about whether what you think you want from life is really what you want, and that just because you have a brain in your head doesn't mean you have to be a high-flyer in the city if you don't want to be. And also that it's never too late to make a change.
Thanks for sharing, katybean.
I really enjoyed this book, so much so that I started reading it last night, read until 3.30am, and finished it this morning when I woke up. It's been ages since I've done that, luckily I'm not working this morning!
It's a really good story which makes you think about whether what you think you want from life is really what you want, and that just because you have a brain in your head doesn't mean you have to be a high-flyer in the city if you don't want to be. And also that it's never too late to make a change.
Thanks for sharing, katybean.
Taking to the Bookcrossing Unconvention in Brighton this weekend.
Put into the BCUK Extra VBB as I missed one of the live bookswaps at the Uncon.
Journal Entry 9 by JemimaJ from -- Somewhere in London 🤷♀️ , Greater London United Kingdom on Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Picked up at Walthamstow meetup tonight. I've never read a Sophie Kinsella book before but was attracted to this one as I work for a Central London firm of solicitors and want to escape!