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?
Sophie Kinsella has sold over 40 million copies of her books in more than 60 countries, and she has been translated into over 40 languages.
Sophie Kinsella first hit the UK bestseller lists in September 2000 with her first novel in the Shopaholic series – The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (also published as Confessions of a Shopaholic). The book’s heroine, Becky Bloomwood – a fun and feisty financial journalist who loves shopping but is hopeless with money – captured the hearts of readers worldwide. Becky has since featured in seven further bestselling books, Shopaholic Abroad (also published as Shopaholic Takes Manhattan), Shopaholic Ties the Knot, Shopaholic & Sister, Shopaholic & Baby, Mini Shopaholic, Shopaholic to the Stars and Shopaholic to the Rescue. Becky Bloomwood came to the big screen in 2009 with the hit Disney movie Confessions of a Shopaholic, starring Isla Fisher and Hugh Dancy.
Sophie has also written seven standalone novels which have all been bestsellers in the UK, USA and other countries around the world: Can You Keep A Secret?, The Undomestic Goddess, Remember Me?, Twenties Girl, I’ve Got Your Number, Wedding Night, and My Not So Perfect Life, which was a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for Best Fiction in 2017.
In 2014 she published a Young Adult novel Finding Audrey about a teenage girl with social anxiety and her madcap family, and in January 2018, Sophie published her first illustrated book for young readers about the charming adventures of a mother-daughter fairy duo, Mummy Fairy and Me (also published as Fairy Mom and Me).
Sophie’s latest novel, Surprise Me, published in February 2018, presents a humorous yet moving portrait of a marriage—its intricacies, comforts, and complications. Surprise Me reveals that hidden layers in a close relationship are often yet to be discovered.
Sophie wrote her first novel under her real name, Madeleine Wickham, at the tender age of 24, whilst she was working as a financial journalist. The Tennis Party was immediately hailed as a success by critics and the public alike and became a top ten bestseller. She went on to publish six more novels as Madeleine Wickham: A Desirable Residence, Swimming Pool Sunday, The Gatecrasher, The Wedding Girl, Cocktails for Three and Sleeping Arrangements.
Sophie was born in London. She studied music at New College, Oxford, but after a year switched to Politics, Philosophy and Economics. She now lives in London, UK, with her husband and family.
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对于大多数人来说,学生时代的努力是为了有更多选择的权利,这其中就包括选择一份光鲜的工作。 这本告诉我们,光鲜的工作未必适合自己。而如果一个人因为读书好,学历高,职业背景好就只能迫于世俗选择那些别人“看上去很美”的工作和生活的话,那么其实TA是放弃了自己选择的权...
评分对于大多数人来说,学生时代的努力是为了有更多选择的权利,这其中就包括选择一份光鲜的工作。 这本告诉我们,光鲜的工作未必适合自己。而如果一个人因为读书好,学历高,职业背景好就只能迫于世俗选择那些别人“看上去很美”的工作和生活的话,那么其实TA是放弃了自己选择的权...
评分对于大多数人来说,学生时代的努力是为了有更多选择的权利,这其中就包括选择一份光鲜的工作。 这本告诉我们,光鲜的工作未必适合自己。而如果一个人因为读书好,学历高,职业背景好就只能迫于世俗选择那些别人“看上去很美”的工作和生活的话,那么其实TA是放弃了自己选择的权...
评分对于大多数人来说,学生时代的努力是为了有更多选择的权利,这其中就包括选择一份光鲜的工作。 这本告诉我们,光鲜的工作未必适合自己。而如果一个人因为读书好,学历高,职业背景好就只能迫于世俗选择那些别人“看上去很美”的工作和生活的话,那么其实TA是放弃了自己选择的权...
评分对于大多数人来说,学生时代的努力是为了有更多选择的权利,这其中就包括选择一份光鲜的工作。 这本告诉我们,光鲜的工作未必适合自己。而如果一个人因为读书好,学历高,职业背景好就只能迫于世俗选择那些别人“看上去很美”的工作和生活的话,那么其实TA是放弃了自己选择的权...
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评分我通常不喜欢那些在篇幅上过于冗长的作品,但这本书的每一页似乎都物有所值,没有一句废话,哪怕是看似闲笔的风景描写,最终也会在后面的情节中起到某种隐喻性的作用。这本书最成功的地方在于它对“真实”的探讨。它提出的问题是:当我们被社会结构和既定角色所定义时,我们还能剩下多少“自我”?作者通过主角极其矛盾和反复无常的选择,淋漓尽致地展现了这种内在的撕裂。我非常喜欢其中几段对话的写法,它们充满了张力,每一句话都像是一次交锋,言语的背后隐藏着权力、欲望和深深的未说出口的爱与恨。这本书的叙事视角不断地在内省和外部观察之间切换,这种技术处理非常高明,使得读者能够从多个层面去审视人物的动机和行为的合理性。它无疑是一部需要全神贯注才能领略其精妙之处的作品,如果你只是想轻松阅读,可能会感到吃力。但如果你愿意投入时间去解码其中的多重含义,它给予的回报是极其丰厚的,甚至会让人反思自己生活中那些被轻易接受的“常识”。
评分这本书的叙事节奏简直像是一场精心编排的音乐剧,每一个转折都恰到好处,让人在跟随主角跌宕起伏的命运时,几乎能听到背景音乐的起伏。作者对人物内心世界的刻画入木三分,那些隐藏在日常对话和微小动作之下的挣扎、渴望和自我欺骗,被描摹得细致入微,让人感同身受。我尤其欣赏它在探讨现代人精神困境时所采取的微妙笔触,没有生硬的说教,而是让读者自己去体会那种被社会期待和个人真实自我撕扯的痛感。故事的结构非常精巧,看似松散的日常片段,最终汇聚成一个强大的情感冲击点,让人在合上书本后,依然久久不能平静,反复咀嚼其中的哲思。它不是那种让你看完后能立刻总结出几个明确人生信条的类型,反而更像一面镜子,映照出我们自己生活中那些不愿面对的阴影和未被满足的野心。阅读过程中,我多次停下来,不是因为情节太复杂,而是因为某个句子、某个比喻过于精准地捕捉到了某种复杂的情绪,需要时间去细细品味,甚至想将其抄录下来。这种阅读体验,已经超出了普通小说的范畴,更像是一次深入的自我对话和精神洗礼。
评分老实说,我本来对这种被誉为“深刻”的作品抱持着一丝警惕,生怕又是故作高深、辞藻堆砌的文学陷阱。然而,这本书却用一种近乎冷峻的写实主义手法,将故事的肌理层层剥开,展现出一种不动声色的力量。它的语言干净利落,不拖泥带水,每一个形容词和动词的选择都仿佛经过了最严格的筛选,服务于叙事的精准性。最让我震撼的是它对于“自由”这一概念的解构,它没有给出廉价的定义,而是通过一系列看似平凡却充满张力的事件,展示了自由的代价与它时常带来的沉重感。我特别喜欢作者处理冲突的方式,那些高潮迭起的场面往往是内敛的,情绪的爆发点常常发生在一片寂静之中,这种反差极大地增强了戏剧张力。书中的一些意象反复出现,比如关于时间和空间转换的描述,它们像是某种潜意识的暗号,引导着读者去思考叙事背后更深层次的哲学命题。对于那些追求纯粹故事性的读者来说,或许会觉得某些部分的节奏略慢,但对于我而言,正是这种缓慢的推进,才使得最终情感的爆发显得如此真实和无可辩驳。它不是一本消遣读物,更像是需要静下心来,在深夜独自面对的智者之语。
评分这是一部充满了强烈个人风格的作品,读起来的感受就像是走进了一个迷雾笼罩的古老花园,你不知道下一步会踩到什么,但你又忍不住想去探索每一个角落。作者的想象力无疑是天马行空的,她构建的世界观虽然植根于现实,但又时不时地飘向某种近乎魔幻的领域。我欣赏作者敢于打破常规叙事逻辑的勇气,故事线索并非清晰的直线发展,而是像藤蔓一样交织缠绕,需要读者自己去梳理和连接那些看似无关紧要的碎片。书中对一些传统文化符号的挪用和重塑非常大胆,既保留了原型的美感,又注入了现代人特有的疏离感和反思。特别是关于女性身份认同的探讨,非常尖锐和富有洞察力,它没有落入刻板印象的窠臼,而是展示了身份认同的复杂性和流动性。虽然偶尔会因为情节的跳跃性感到一丝迷惑,但正是这种“迷失”感,构成了阅读体验中不可或缺的一部分。通篇读完,我感觉像是经历了一场漫长而奇特的旅行,虽然有些细节可能已经模糊,但那种被颠覆和重塑的认知感却留下了深刻的烙印。
评分I like the end of the fiction. Samantha decided to go back the London continuing the old, exhausted, wealthy life - sure, she would, who will not. Then after that, she decided to go back to the country side...
评分俗套但温暖。
评分虽然脑残,看得还真是兴致勃勃
评分I like the end of the fiction. Samantha decided to go back the London continuing the old, exhausted, wealthy life - sure, she would, who will not. Then after that, she decided to go back to the country side...
评分好笑
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