Samantha Sweeting is a go-getter lawyer who is in the
running for partnership at her law-firm. However, the very same day the
partnership is to be officially announced, Samantha discovers that she has made
a grave legal mistake that is about to cost her law-firm 50 million pounds.
Unable to deal with the situation, she runs away from her office and ends up in
Cotswold where she is hired as a housekeeper by an unsuspecting couple. This
arrangement could work out just fine for Samantha if only she knew how to cook,
clean and sew on a button. Hopeless at housework, Samantha fibs and flounders
her way through the job at hand in order to live up to her new-found identity.
In the process, she also finds love and happiness. However, it would only be a
matter of time before her past catches up to her. The book is a laugh-a-minute
enjoyable read that is sure to enthrall the readers. The characters are well
fleshed-out. The language is humourous and the pace of the story is crisp. The
good thing about the book is that it entertains and at the same time imparts a
useful lesson about life and one’s priorities in the same. The dilemma faced by
the protagonist towards the end of the book feels real and relatable. The
situations and sequences in the story are quite humourous and, again,
relatable. One is sure to enjoy the book and love all the characters in the
same.
Author:- Sophie Kinsella
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- Sophie Kinsella is a pseudonym that Mandeleine Wickham uses as an author. She is the author of the popular shopaholic novels series that features Becky Bloomwood as the main protogonist. Some of her well-known books include 'Confessions of a Shopaholic', 'Can You Keep a Secret', 'Remember Me?' and 'I've Got Your Number'.
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