The Undomestic Goddess (2005) (edit title/settings)

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• Ms. Samantha Sweeting: Protagonist, High Powered driven lawyer.
• Nathaniel: Gardener on the estate where Samantha goes to work.
• Trish Geiger: Samantha's employer when she's working as a housekeeper.
• Eddie Geiger: Samantha's employer when she's working as a housekeeper.
• Mrs. Arnold Saville: A senior partner at Carter Spink.
• Melissa: Trish and Eddie's niece who is a law student.
• John Ketterman: Partner Carter Spink and gives Samantha a workload of stuff to do.
• Eamonn: A bartender and friend of Nathaniel's.
• Mrs. Farley: Next-door neighbor of Samantha. She saw the difference between the Samantha-lawyer and the Samantha-house helper.
• Hilary Grant: A PR professional at Carter Spink.
• Iris: Mother of Nathaniel. She taught Samantha the basics of cooking and cleaning to help her become an effective house helper.
• Melissa Hurst: The Geigers' niece.
• Lara: employee of Carter Spink.
• Freya Edgerly: Samantha's best friend.
• Maggie: employee of Carter Spink.
• Daniel: employee of Carter Spink.
• David Elldridge: lawyer at Carter Spink firm.
• Guy Ashby: Samantha's friend. The man Samantha used to like.
• Petula: Mrs. Geiger's friend.
• Lady Edgerly: Close friend of Samantha.
• Lorraine: employee at Carter Spink.
• Jan Martin: friend of the Geiger's.
• Dominic: employee at Carter Spink.
• Greg Parker: lawyer.
• Annabel: lawyer.
• Jacob: lawyer.
• John Boy: character from The Waltons.
• Jan: lawyer.
• Mr. Nicholas Hanford Jones: owner of BLLC.
• Iris: Nathaniel's mother.
• Charles Conway: Add a description of this character.
• Melissa Christie
• Jake
• Mr. Chiseled
• Joanne
• Ms. Tennyson
• Melanie
• Mary Ellen
• George Clooney
• Maya
• Mrs. Edward Geiger
• Charlotte
• Stacey Nicholson
• Oliver Swan
• Lucy
• Ben

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• “"If you ask me, the system is majorly flawed. It should be clearer. People should have engaged signs, like toilets. Taken. Not-Taken. There should be no ambiguity about these things."”

  Samantha Sweeting

• “Our story is... we didn't shag in the garden or help ourselves to beers from the fridge.”

  Nathaniel

• “I can cook. I can cook this stuff. Even if everything else in my life is in ruins, I can do this.”

  Samantha

• “Oh, God. Full-crush alert. Full, one hundred percent, old-fashioned adolescent crush.”

  Samantha

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• Experimentally I lean toward my reflection, holding out my hands as I do so. I look like Jesus. I try adding a flirty laugh. “Ha ha ha!” I exclaim aloud. “You just crack me up!” Now I look like a cheerful Jesus. I’m really not sure this is adding to my chances.

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• London
• Seniorpartnerin
• Cornwall
• Sind
• Charlotte
• India
• Hong Kong
• Lower Ebury: This is where some of the pubs of Nathaniel are.

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Sophie Kinsella (Author)

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• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 823.92

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Contains profanity.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Women's Fiction › Single Women
• Books › Romance › Contemporary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Comic
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary