The Undomestic Goddess

The undomestic goddess
By Sophie Kinsella
Dial Press, 2005, 374 pgs Fiction

High powered lawyer Samatha Sweeting has no time in her life for anything but work. On the verge of becoming a partner in her law firm she discovers that she has made a devastating error that will cost her client 50 million pounds. Realizing her career is over, she blindly walks towards the train station. She boards a train, gets off, and eventually stops at a house to ask for water. When she is mistaken for a candidate applying for a housekeeper position, she stays, playing the role, and and telling herself that she will confess everything tomorrow. Days turn into weeks, and along the way she learns to cook, to slow down and appreciate the simple life, and falls in love.

This was not a believable story, but nonetheless, it was very entertaining fluff that I enjoyed listening to. Rosalyn Landor is the reader and she does a great job giving a different voice and accent to each character.

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