Jaclyn’s Review: The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella

The Undomestic Goddess
written by Sophie Kinsella
published by Dial Press, 2005

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Did I enjoy this book? Was this a cute, easy read? Yes. Did I enjoy it? No. The plot was completely unbelievable. Our main character is a highly successful attorney who makes, apparently, the first mistake of her career. This causes some sort of breakdown where she ends up “accidentally” getting a job as a maid in a household of “newly rich” people, and the reader is to infer that the newly rich wouldn’t know the difference between a trained maid/cook and someone who has never cooked or cleaned in her life. Enter the very cute but hapless gardener, who just so happens to have a soft spot for our heroine and a mother who knows how to cook. This woman teaches our heroine to cook 5-star meals in only one day of training. Somehow the press gets involved, and there is a national debate about the value of women in the work force versus women staying home in more domestic roles. Reading this book soured my stomach.
 

 
Would I recommend it? I’m sure the die-hard Sophie Kinsella fans will love this book, along with all her other best sellers. This book was not for me. It was unbelievable and demeaning to women across the board. I would most definitely not recommend this book.
 

 

About the book – from Goodreads: 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?

 
 

 
 

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