The Nanny Diaries

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  Re: Nany Diaries

  Great book. I loved all of it, except there could have been more in the end.

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  ― Aprilwade98 said on Sep 19, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  Hated the ending. Otherwise good book.

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  ― Charley Snipe said on Apr 7, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  Nanny Diaries

  A look into the family life of the rich and self-centered. The story is told as an anecdote from a college senior working as a nanny for an upper class family in New York to get money to cover her living expenses during her last year of college at NYU. While the parts of the books that deal with t ... (continue)

  A look into the family life of the rich and self-centered. The story is told as an anecdote from a college senior working as a nanny for an upper class family in New York to get money to cover her living expenses during her last year of college at NYU. While the parts of the books that deal with the nanny and her charge are touching and amusing, the back story slowly becomes really quite disturbing. From the other nannies and maids that have had to essentially abandon their own families in order to get work and money to support their families, to the legions of kids growing up with absent and uncaring parents, under the daily care of a rotating army of nannies, maids, and teachers, it really makes you think.

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  ― Readingrat said on Mar 1, 2008 | Add your feedback

• Nanny is a struggling grad student with no visible piercings. Mrs. X, of Park Avenue, doesn't work, clean, cook, or raise her own child. She makes appointments and lists. Nanny needs a job. Mrs. X needs someone accomodating. Nanny and Mrs. X need each other. In return, Nanny is subjected to erratic ... (continue)

  Nanny is a struggling grad student with no visible piercings. Mrs. X, of Park Avenue, doesn't work, clean, cook, or raise her own child. She makes appointments and lists. Nanny needs a job. Mrs. X needs someone accomodating. Nanny and Mrs. X need each other. In return, Nanny is subjected to erratic shifts, irregular paychecks, and the sullen moods of her four-year-old charge. Sentenced to every playdate known to Central Park, and every gourmet-snack run she can handle, Nanny needs a diversion that an afternoon martini can't fulfill. Then she discovers a secret about Mr. X. Navigaing a marriage on the rocks and the increasingl paranoid, impossibly demanding attitude of her employer, Nanny is redefining servitude. Because now, Nanny has something worth more than Mrs. X's ill-fitting Prada castoffs as a thankless bonus. Nanny's acquiring the power of revenge...

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  ― meganzing said on Nov 1, 2007 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 384 Pages
• Edition: Reprint
• ISBN-10: 0312983077
• ISBN-13: 9780312983079
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Pub date: Nov 29, 2005
• Dimensions: 17 cm x 11 cm x 3 cm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Others
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, llibres en català, Libri Italiani

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