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Learn more about the book at
The Nanny Diaries
web site. It includes a Reading Group guide.
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 As of April 21,
the book was on the following best seller lists:
· #3 on New York Times
Bestseller List (from #4)
· #1 on New York Post Bestseller List (4th week)
· #2 on San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller List
· #2 on Washington Post Bestseller List (from #3)
· #2 on Los Angeles Times Bestseller List (from #6)
· #4 on Dallas Morning News Bestseller List |
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Current Selection
- May 2002
The Nanny Diaries: A Novel
$14.87 hard cover
352 pages
From the
St. Martins
Press Web site
Struggling to graduate
from NYU and afford her microscopic studio apartment, Nanny takes a position
caring for the only son of the wealthy X family. She rapidly learns the
insane amount of juggling involved to ensure that a Park Avenue wife who
doesn't work, cook, clean, or raise her own child has a smooth day.
When the Xs marriage
begins to disintegrate, Nanny ends up involved way beyond the bounds of
human decency or good taste. Her tenure with the X family becomes a nearly
impossible mission to maintain the mental health of their four-year-old, her
own integrity and, most importantly, her sense of humor. Over nine tense
months Mrs. X and Nanny perform the age-old dance of decorum and power as
they test the limits of modern-day servitude.
The Nanny Diaries
deftly skewers the manner in which America's over-privileged raise les
petites over-privileged-as if grooming them for a Best in Show
competition. Written by two former nannies, this alternately comic and
poignant satire punctures the glamour of Manhattan's upper class.
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