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The Undomestic Goddess [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
eBook by Sophie Kinsella
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eBook Category: Mainstream
eBook Description:  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?
eBook Publisher: Random House, Inc./The Dial Press
Fictionwise Release Date: September 2005
Available eBook Formats [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader - What's this?]: SECURE MOBIPOCKET FORMAT (307 KB], SECURE MICROSOFT READER FORMAT (498 KB] - Requires Microsoft Reader 2.1.1 for PCs, or Microsoft Reader 2.2.2 on Pocket PC 2002 handheld devices. Some older Pocket PCs can be upgraded. Learn More., SECURE EREADER (RECOMMENDED) FORMAT (273 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [606 KB]
All formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
Microsoft Reader ISBN, Adobe Acrobat Reader ISBN, MobiPocket Reader ISBN: 9780440335627
eReader (recommended) ISBN: 0440335620
 
"Light and breezy ... Samantha is eminently likable, and overworked readers will empathize with her glee at her first full weekend off in years." -- Christian Science Monitor
"Sophie Kinsella is at the top of the chick lit game. Her plots are fast-paced and entertaining, with the perfect amount of realistic neurosis to accompany her quirky heroines." -- New York Post "Perfectly amusing....The Undomestic Goddess is a genuinely funny, sweet book. Kinsella is a comic whiz who consistently delivers what her readers crave." -- Miami Herald "A lovely romantic comedy." -- Washington Post
One 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. OK. So sometimes I do feel a bit tense. But I'm a lawyer in the City, for God's sake. What do you expect? My handwriting is pressing so hard into the page, I've torn the paper. Dammit. Never mind. Let's move on to the next question. On average, how many hours do you spend in the office every day? 14 12 8 It depends. Do you exercise regularly? I regularly go swimming I occasionally go swim I am intending to begin a regular regime of swimming. When I have time. Work's been busy lately, it's a blip. Do you drink 8 glasses of water a day? Yes Someti No. I put down my pen and clear my throat. Across the room, Maya looks up from where she's rearranging all her little pots of wax and nail varnish. Maya is my spa beauty therapist for the day and is in her forties, I'd say. Her long dark hair is in a plait with one white streak woven through it, and she has a tiny silver stud in her nose. "Everything all right with the questionnaire?" she murmurs. "I did mention that I'm in a bit of a hurry," I say politely. "Are all these questions absolutely necessary?" "At the Green Tree Center we like to have as much information as possible to assess your beauty and health needs," she replies in soothing yet implacable tones. I glance at my watch. Nine forty-five. I don't have time for this. I really do not have the time. But it's my birthday treat and I promised my best friend, Freya. To be more accurate, it's last year's birthday treat. Freya gave me the gift voucher for an "Ultimate De-stress Experience" just over a year ago. She's my oldest school friend and is always on at me for working too hard. In the card that came with the voucher she wrote Make Some Time For Yourself, Samantha!!! Which I did fully intend to do. But we had the Zincon Petrochemical Group restructuring and the Zeus Minerals merger . . . and somehow a year went by without my finding a spare moment. I'm a lawyer with Carter Spink. I work in the corporate department on the finance side, and just at the moment, things are pretty hectic with some big deals on. It's a blip. It'll get better. I just have to get through the next couple of weeks. Copyright © 2005 by Sophie Kinsella
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