Friday, July 7, 2023

Beginning ~ with a questionnaire

Beginning

Would you consider yourself stressed?
No, I'm not stressed.
I'm . . . busy.  Plenty of people are busy.  I have a high-powered job, my career is important to me, and I enjoy it.

The Undomestic Goddess ~ by Sophie Kinsella, 2005, fiction, 370 pages

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?

Gilion at 
Rose City Reader hosts Book Beginnings on Fridays.

3 comments:

Kym said...

This sounds just as hilarious as the couple of other Kinsella books I've read! Hope you're enjoying it!

Cindy said...

I have not read one of her books in years!! It sounds hilarious! I hope you enjoy it. Have a great weekend!

Harvee said...

I think I've read this one. She's very funny and very clever.