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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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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评分从文学技法的角度来看,这本书的语言风格非常独特,带有一种古典的韵味,但又不失现代的锐利感。作者的遣词造句,常常能带来一种意料之外的惊喜,一些原本很普通的词语,经过他的重新组合,立刻焕发出新的生命力。我注意到,书中多次使用了强烈的意象对比,比如光明与阴影、秩序与混乱,这种对立的元素被巧妙地编织在一起,形成了一种视觉和心理上的强烈冲击。这种写作手法,使得阅读过程本身就成了一种审美体验,我时常会因为某个绝妙的比喻而停下来,默默回味好几遍。而且,这本书的结构设计非常巧妙,它不是一条直线叙事,而是像一个错综复杂的迷宫,不同的时间线和视角不断交织,要求读者必须保持高度的注意力才能跟上作者的思路。这种结构上的复杂性,反而增加了阅读的挑战性和满足感。
评分这本书的叙事节奏把握得相当到位,开篇那种略带疏离感的笔触,一下子就把我带入了一个充满未知和压抑的氛围中。作者似乎非常擅长使用环境描写来烘托人物的内心世界,读着读着,我仿佛能嗅到那种潮湿的、带着霉味的空气,感受到主角那种被困住的、无处可逃的窒息感。情节推进得不疾不徐,每当我觉得快要触及真相时,作者总能巧妙地抛出一个新的谜团,让人心痒难耐。尤其是一些关键场景的切换,处理得非常自然流畅,毫无突兀之感,就像是老电影里那些精心设计的蒙太奇镜头,虽然信息量大,但观感却异常舒适。我特别欣赏作者在刻画配角时的那种微妙处理,他们并非脸谱化的符号,而是有着自己的复杂动机和隐藏的秘密,使得整个故事的层次感瞬间丰富起来,让人不禁去揣测他们到底站在哪一方。这种叙事上的精妙设计,让整个阅读体验充满了探索的乐趣,而不是单纯的被动接受信息。
评分读完这本书,我最大的感受就是那种扑面而来的情感冲击力,它远超我预期的文学作品的范畴。作者对人类脆弱性的探讨,简直是入木三分,简直是把那些我们平时小心翼翼藏起来的恐惧、嫉妒和不甘,毫无保留地撕扯开来,呈现在读者眼前。我尤其对其中关于“选择”与“后果”那一段描写印象深刻,那种近乎残忍的现实主义笔法,让人在为角色感到揪心的同时,也开始反思自己人生中的那些重大转折点。书中的对话部分也是一大亮点,那些看似平淡的言语交锋中,蕴含着巨大的张力,充满了潜台词,需要读者停下来反复咀嚼才能品出其中深意。这种需要读者主动参与解读的文本,对我来说简直是莫大的享受,它迫使我调动起所有的感官和思考能力,去搭建作者留下的那些破碎的碎片。它不是那种读完就忘的快消品,而更像是一块需要细细打磨的矿石,越是深挖,光芒越是璀璨。
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评分Sophie Kinsella 一贯风格,每次看到女主角都会忍俊不禁
评分Sophie Kinsella 一贯风格,每次看到女主角都会忍俊不禁
评分Sophie Kinsella 一贯风格,每次看到女主角都会忍俊不禁
评分Sophie Kinsella 一贯风格,每次看到女主角都会忍俊不禁
评分Sophie Kinsella 一贯风格,每次看到女主角都会忍俊不禁
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