本商品為有聲CD,未附書籍。
都會小說天后蘇菲.金索拉繼《購物狂》系列後,襲捲各大暢銷書榜新作,全球百萬工作狂真心共鳴
感謝惡魔上司!如果不是被炒了魷魚,怎能發現原來我想去哪裡、想做什麼、想成為什麼樣的人都可以。
繼紐約時報暢銷書《購物狂》系列之後,蘇菲金索拉的最新力作。描述工作狂莎曼珊,如何在面臨職業生涯上最大的挫折之後,從倫敦頂尖的律師成為「法國藍帶廚藝高手」,發現跟做家事比起來,擬合約根本就不算什麼。書中對媒體界的嘩眾取寵、對職場的虞爾我詐、對菁英教育和社會階級迷思的嘲諷,是最有趣的地方。故事節奏高潮迭起,個性古靈精怪的女主角有著恰到好處的神經質,絕對是本讓人愛不釋手的都會女性小說。
29歲的莎曼珊任職於倫敦一家聲譽卓著的律師事務所,她是那種依靠壓力和腎上腺素才能保持旺盛生命力的工作狂。萬萬想不到的是,她犯了一個巨大的錯誤,讓她多年的努力付之流水,而且公司毫不顧及情面,將她掃地出門。
在震驚之中,莎曼珊搭上前往倫敦郊區的列車,恍恍惚惚地走進一幢豪宅的大門,等她甦醒之後,赫然發現自己竟被誤會為來報到的新管家。心灰意冷的莎曼珊為了遠離工作的陰影,也就順水推舟接下了這個意外的工作,開始了洗衣、烹調和打掃的管家生活。
但是對家務一竅不通的她,在這段時間裡鬧出了相當多的笑話。還好有驚無險,蓋格夫婦並沒有發現她的真實身份,同時莎曼珊與園丁南森之間也慢慢地滋生愛苗。
然而過往歲月卻不願輕易放了莎曼珊,一次意外的狀況下,她發現了前公司一個不可告人的秘密,發現自己當初是被惡意陷害,為了拯救自己的名聲,她變成了八卦媒體追逐的熱門人物。她必須面對一切做出選擇,也讓她平靜的生活掀起波瀾。
★本書中譯本由馥林出版。
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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?
Praise for The Undomestic Goddess
"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
"Alovely romantic comedy."--Washington Post