The Undomestic Goddess
by Sophie Kinsella

Samantha is 29 years old. She's never baked a loaf of bread in her life. She can't sew on a button. What she do know is how to restructure a corporate finance agreement and save her client thirty million pounds. Samantha is a high-powered lawyer in London. She works all hours, has no home life, and only cares about getting a partnership. She thrives on the pressure and the adrenalin. Until one day...she makes a mistake. A mistake so huge, it will wreck her career. She goes into meltdown, walks right out of the office, gets on the first train she sees, and finds herself in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she is mistaken for the interviewee housekeeper and finds herself being offered the job. They've no idea they've hired a Cambridge educated lawyer with an IQ of 158 as their housekeeper - Samantha has no idea how to work the oven. Disaster ensues. It's chaos as Samantha battles with the washing machine...the ironing board...and attempts to cook a cordon bleu dinner...

This funny, delightful story was chosen by my bookclub to read. Although I wouldn't have picked it up normally, I loved it. I enjoyed all the food references; it made my mouth water. The kids in the library were puzzled as I sat there laughing out loud at the description of Sam trying to cook a cordon blue dinner and failing miserably (absolutely hilarious - especially if you can cook). There was a really nice love story too - I can see this made into a really nice tissue box movie. If you want an easy, funny, romantic story then this is it. I really liked it. I enjoyed watching Sam grow into a real person with an appreciation for the simple things in life.