Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella .
This book was first published in 2005 and this story is written in the first person. Samantha Sweeting is a successful lawyer with a top London law firm when something happens and she runs away and bluffs her way into a job as a housekeeper. She has no idea about cooking or housework but she tries and learns. This is a jolly and fun book written in the style of Absolutely Fabulous . It is an easy read with lots of humour. This tale explores lifestyle values, the work/life balance and the search for personal happiness in a society with so many different lifestyles. It pokes fun at social attitudes, mobile telephones, class and snobbery, work ethics and career paths. If this was on television it would be shown as a romantic comedy that you can enjoy whilst drinking beer and eating biscuits. I vote this book a HIT.
There is nothing to offend anyone in this book. The sex is so tame, primary school children could read it! It has a happy ending and although you can describe this as a girlie book, it should also appeal to men. Samantha learns the true values of time and money, which is great for her although I learned those things some 30 years ago!
This book was first published in 2005 and this story is written in the first person. Samantha Sweeting is a successful lawyer with a top London law firm when something happens and she runs away and bluffs her way into a job as a housekeeper. She has no idea about cooking or housework but she tries and learns. This is a jolly and fun book written in the style of Absolutely Fabulous . It is an easy read with lots of humour. This tale explores lifestyle values, the work/life balance and the search for personal happiness in a society with so many different lifestyles. It pokes fun at social attitudes, mobile telephones, class and snobbery, work ethics and career paths. If this was on television it would be shown as a romantic comedy that you can enjoy whilst drinking beer and eating biscuits. I vote this book a HIT.
There is nothing to offend anyone in this book. The sex is so tame, primary school children could read it! It has a happy ending and although you can describe this as a girlie book, it should also appeal to men. Samantha learns the true values of time and money, which is great for her although I learned those things some 30 years ago!
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