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by Sophie Kinsella (Author), Katherine Kellgren (Reader)
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Samantha Sweeting, the 29-year-old heroine of Kinsella's latest confection (after Shopaholic Sister), is on the verge of partnership at the prestigious London law firm Carter Spink—the Holy Grail of her entire workaholic life. But when she finds she has made a terrible, costly mistake just before the partnership decision, she's terrified of being fired. In a fog, she stumbles out of the building and onto the nearest train, which drops her in the countryside, where she wanders to a stately home. The nouveau riche lady of the house mistakes her for the new housekeeper—and Samantha is too astonished to correct her. Numb and unable to face returning to London, Samantha tries to master the finer points of laundry, cooking and cleaning. She discovers that the slow life, her pompous but good-hearted employers and the attentions of the handsome gardener, Nathaniel, suit her just fine. But her past is hard to escape, and when she discovers a terrible secret about her firm—and when the media learns that the former legal star is scrubbing toilets for a living—her life becomes more complicated than ever. If readers can swallow the implausible scenario, then Kinsella's genuine charm and sweet wit may continue to win her fans. (July)
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Just hours before her long awaited promotion to partnership is announced, corporate attorney Samantha Sweeting learns she made a 50-million-pound mistake. Dazed and unable to confront the firm's principals, she boards a train out of London. Dropped off in the middle of nowhere, she asks for directions from a nearby country home, and this hilarious story of transformation from lawyer to housekeeper begins. Katherine Kellgren depicts the kind nouveau-riche landowners, Teddy and Trish, with exaggerated English accents. When handsome gardener Nathaniel makes it known he's ready for romance, this delightful, but somewhat implausible, story takes off. The narration is fast paced and the outcome predictable, but overall this is well done. G.D.W. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars We have seen this movie dozens of times, Jul 12 2007
By Angelyne (Ottawa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Undomestic Goddess (Paperback)
The whole time I was reading this book, I could see the screen adaptation unfolding in my mind's eye. And I had to wince at the incredibly cliché ending. I think we have seen this movie dozens of times usually featuring a star like a star like Sandra Bullock.

Despite this, I enjoyed the book and was entertained. It was a fun romp and the author made me laugh out loud quite a few times. Her cooking disaster scene was hilarious.

So I give this book 3 stars because it was an enjoyable read, but deduct two for being overly cliché.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh Out Loud Lovely, May 1 2009
By Jamieson Villeneuve "Author at Large" (Ottawa Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Undomestic Goddess (Hardcover)
At first, after looking at the covers of "Confessions of a Shopaholic," I wasn't interested. Why would I want to read books about a woman who shopped her heart out? What could be so funny about that? It wasn't until a girl at work urged me to pick up "Confessions of a Shopaholic" that I caved in. They're hilarious, she told me, and you'll adore them. She was wrong. The Shopaholic trilogy was hysterical and I loved every single book in the trilogy.

I have since eagerly devoured every other Sophie Kinsella book. "Shopaholic and Sister" was absolutely brilliant. "Can You Keep a Secret?" made me laugh out loud on the bus, in public, or at work while I was reading it on my break. So, when "The Undomestic Goddess" came out, I went out and snapped up the hardcover book, not wanting to wait till the paperback came out. And man, I wasn't disappointed. "The Undomestic Goddess" is worth way more than the $31.00 Canadian I paid for it.

Kinsella's new heroine is Samantha Sweeting, a high paid and high stressed lawyer for the prestigious London law firm Carter Spink. An only child, her mother is a judge for the Supreme Court. Samantha knew she would do nothing else but go into law and become a partner at a high-powered law firm. For years she has worked, making billable hours, making money in increments of six minutes.

Occasionally she stops to think about what it would be like to have a boyfriend or a lover, but with every six minutes of her time taken up, she knows that she would never have the time. Sometimes, she wonders what she wonders what she would do if she were not a lawyer, but pushes those thoughts away. You can't become a partner by musing about what ifs. Then, the dream finally happens.

After years of sweating, fighting, filling out paperwork, winning cases, Samantha is made partner. She can hardly believe it, she's so excited she can hardly believe it when she discovers she made a mistake on some paperwork. Not just a little mistake either; she has made a fifty million pound mistake. She has lost her client fifty million pounds.

Needing some air, needing to get away, she leaves her Carter Spink office and begins to walk, the words fifty million pounds pounding around in her head. She is hardly aware of boarding the subway and ends up in a small suburb with a huge headache. Samantha rings the doorbell of a house with an ornate walkway and garden to ask for a water and some aspirin when a woman mistakes her for a maid from an agency.

Samantha first thinks the woman is crazy until she realizes that they think she is a maid, a domestic. Samantha is far from it; she has never cooked in her life and doesn't even know how to sew on a button. She needs to hide out somewhere until the uproar of her fifty million pound mistake subsides though, so she accepts the job as domestic for Trish and Eddy Geiger.

There is one catch, however: Samantha has no idea what she is doing. She is able to fool the Geiger's, but she suspects that their gardener, hunky Nathaniel, is on to her. She will have to do her best to fool him. Too soon, the secret is up and Nathaniel knows that she is not a domestic. He covers for her anyway, even though he does not know the real reason she has fled.

Soon, Samantha finds herself falling in love with the charming Nathaniel and learning how to cook besides. When her old life as a lawyer comes calling back, when something finally goes right, will Samantha leave her new life to go back to her old one?

"The Undomestic Goddess" is the funniest book I have read all year. I absolutely loved this book. At one point, I was laughing so hard I was actually crying and the last time that happened, I was reading "Can You Keep a Secret?" Her characters are wonderful, well drawn and you actually care for them and root for them. "The Undomestic Goddess" is the best book she has written to date.

Kinsella has topped even herself. Each book is sort of like a hilarious comedy of errors and each book just keeps getting better. I loved this book so much and am glad that Kinsella isn't just writing about shopaholics anymore. I love her characters, her stories, they way she looks at normal life with a jaded, but hilarious, eye. The ordinary is extraordinary with Kinsella.

I can't wait for the next Kinsella novel. In the meantime, I'm just going to have to re-read "The Undomestic Goddess." If you haven't read anything by Kinsella yet, what are you waiting for? Perfect for the beach or for those who like laughing out loud in public, become a Kinsella convert. You won't be sorry.
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1.0 out of 5 stars If you have read one Sophie Kinsella Novel, you have read them all, Nov 14 2007
By Hot Glass Girl (Quadra Island) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Undomestic Goddess (Paperback)
I found Confessions of a Shopaholic amusing. Sophie Kinsella does not write fine literature, she writes fluff to read while on vacation, there is a time and a place for that. This wasn't witty, charming, or cute. The characters were poorly developed, as was the story. Ms. Kinsella seems to be making a career out of repackaging the same story over and over.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Laughed out Loud!
I really really enjoyed this book! It was very funny. I couldn't put it down!
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This is my first book by Sophie and I really liked it! I thought that the book was really interesting throughout and the romance was unconventional which I liked. Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars Mmm-hmm
I agree with the previous reviewer "Good for a laugh" who also gave it two stars.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Good for a laugh
As with other Sophie Kinsella books, this generates a few good laughs. It keeps you reading, even though you already know what and how it will happen. Read more
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Laugh outloud delightful novel that is sure to please just like all of Ms. Kinsella's novels do. What a wonderful book. I recommend Fire In The Ice by Katlyn Stewart as well.
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