Book Summary: 

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?

My Review:

The Undomestic Goddess is an all around laugh out loud, feel good read for those who need a little “pick me up” and a quick reminder that even when life goes left, it may still be going right.

Samantha has finally reached the culminating moment in her life – being named a partner at one of London’s top law firms. Every decision and sacrifice she has made: The late nights, the lack of a life, the inability to go more than 30 seconds without her phone and blackberry, all of it was finally going to pay off…until the unthinkable happens. Awaiting the “official” announcement, Samantha finds the one thing that will destroy her career. Seeing no way out of her life altering mistake, Samantha escapes the restraints of the big city and ends up in the middle of nowhere! Making one bad decision after the next, the once high powered lawyer finds herself impersonating a highly trained housekeeper and chef! With zero skills in cooking or cleaning, the laughs start rolling in as Samantha’s conning and quick mind keeps her one step ahead of her quirky new employers (not to mention having Nathaniel, the gardener, come to her rescue with a secret weapon). As an initial overnight stay turns into days and weeks, Samantha finds herself re-evaluating her life and wonders if everything she once wanted was everything she really needed.

Charming, funny, and surprising steamy (on the milder side) for Kinsella book, The Undomestic Goddess is a relaxing read with a little social commentary on the role of women. It was entertaining and enlightening to watch Samantha’s perspective of women and their roles shift as her own life was transformed.