The Nanny Diaries (Paperback)

from amodini

The "Nanny diaries" is about a nanny (well, duh !), who is called Nanny throughout the book, her employer Mrs.X and her son Grayer. Mrs. X is the original size 2 ice maiden, and thaws only at the extremities, and only for her son and her philandering husband. Nanny wishes to quit faced with such ...

from chaostheory08

This is a Reading Good Books review. Confession: I've known of The Nanny Diaries but only this past month have I watched the movie and read the book. And I have to say, I loved both. (I'm not a huge Scarlett Johansson fan but I am of Chris Evans.) Both were funny and fascinating at the same time....

from StoutHearted

This book is a modern-day "Agnes Grey," depicting the trials and humiliations of a poor, young woman who takes up caring for the wealthy elite's children. There's a contrived love story thrown in for extra measure, but it only serves to break up the intensity of the X's bad behavior. Mr. X burns ...

from stephmo

I realize that this book is essentially residing in the Doritos section of the book store while everyone mostly wishes to pretend that they only read Globe Artichokes, Organic Free-Range Chickens or Nine-Grain Toasted Wheat Berry Muffins. But you know what? There are days where I really do want D...

from Raven

The flaw in this book, I think, is that it can't decide whether it wants to be an exposé, the sort of book that always gets referred to as a "scathing indictment", of rich Manhattanite socialites and how they treat their children, and their children's nannies, or whether it wants to be a novel ab...