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The undomestic goddess [electronic resource] / Sophie Kinsella.
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- ISBN: 9780440335627 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
- ISBN: 0440335620 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
- ISBN: 9780440335627 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
- ISBN: 0440335620 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
- Physical Description: 374 p. ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Dial Press, 2005.
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- Electronic reproduction. New York : Dell Publishing, 2005. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1452 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 300 KB).
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- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2006 April/May
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. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine - Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2005 July #1
Fans of Kinsella's popular Shopaholic series will find the author in fine form here in her second stand-alone tale, following Can You Keep a Secret? (2004). Samantha Sweeting, an ambitious lawyer on the fast track to becoming a partner at her prestigious law firm, is horrified to discover an overlooked memo on her desk that ends up costing a client 50 million pounds. In a daze, Samantha hops a train and finds herself in the country. She walks up to the first house she sees and knocks on the door, intending to inquire about the nearest hotel, but Trish Geiger mistakes her for the new housekeeper. Still in shock, Samantha decides to go along with Trish and her husband, Eddie's, mistake, despite the fact that she has no domestic skills. Happily, she is aided by the handsome gardener, Nathaniel. He helps her forget about her London law firm, until she makes a startling discovery. Another charming winner from the delightful Kinsella. ((Reviewed July 2005)) Copyright 2005 Booklist Reviews. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2005 June #3
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) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.