The Undomestic Goddess

by Sophie Kinsella

If I’ve learned one lesson from all that’s happened to me, it’s that there is no such thing as the biggest mistake of your existence. There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.

… I don’t want to be someone who doesn’t look out the window.”

Into my mind come Iris’s words that day we made the bread. “Sometimes you don’t need a goal in life,” I reply, lifting my chin. “You don’t need to know the big picture. You just need to know what you’re going to do next.”