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Summary: What a great weekend read!
Review: This is a perfect book to take to the park or beach on a balmy spring day! It is direct, doesn't require multiple analyses of innuendos or literary symbolism-it is interesting, funny, and does a wonderful job of pulling you in and relating to the characters.I think that the authors did a wonderful job of capturing their audience by providing details-the outfits, the crying fits, the icy exchanges between the husband and wife-not to mention the frustration that Nanny experiences in trying to get paid on time! Get this book: it is entertaining, distracting, and fabulous-enjoy!
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Summary: just misses a home run
Review: Read this on the plane this weekend. Great idea, great situations, just a tad off on execution. A towering fly ball. Many of 'sitters situations are exciting, humorous, and totallly expected/caricatured. Still enjoyable.
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Summary: Deliciously wicked look inside society families!
Review: I could not wait to read this book and when I got it, I was NOT disappointed! This book was funny, witty, sad, outrageous, and charming from beginning to end. I identified with Nan on so many levels and sympathized for Grayer (her young charge)and his lack of any parental affection. It was a funny yet poignant look into this privedged world that really doesnt seem that enticing anymore. Well worth a SECOND read!
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Summary: Nanny Diaries- mixed feelings
Review: To sell an exciting book the nannies have taken all the worst case sceniros and made them into the X's.
You read through the book and you are to feel that nanny is the underdog in her situation in this job. You are lead to be on her side about the terrible employer.
The book had some lessons for me to think about. That everything has two sides.
The x's have a different value system that doesn't make sense to the nanny.
She can't understand the peer pressure and the stress these people are under. The book points out the age old controvery of upstairs, downstairs. The recentment and lack of understanding for
each others world even though they are often under the same roof.
The help feels over worked and over looked. The employer feels that the help is not living up to their expectations of what they are paying them for.
It gives me food for thought as to how we can have a better understanding and appreciation for each other.
The benefit would be having better communications and understanding for each other lives.
Otherwise the children continue to end up the pawns.
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Summary: Don't bother
Review: Nannies: saints, moms: sinners. I get it. What I don't get is what all the hoopla is about. Merely a self congratulatory story about the fabulousness of the main character. And if she is so talented, compassionate and affluent, why is she doing this kind of work to begin with?
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Summary: Are there really people like Mrs. X out there in the world?
Review: This was an excellent book! I cannot believe that there really are people like Mr. and Mrs. X in the world. That poor little, sweet boy. I have a four year old daughter and I couldn't imagine having her involved in all those activites...at the age of 4! I'm all for education and learning new things, but this was ridiculous! They are on the road to raising a very disfunctional child! Kudos to "Nanny" for staying to give Grayer some normalacy (Spelling?) and stability! Great book! It made me feel very grounded and normal!
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Summary: Great Book- but the ending needs help!
Review: This book is a can't-put-it-down kind! I read it cover-to-cover in one setting. The writing is humorous and you really feel attached to Grayer and his pecularities. And I rooted for Nanny and her H.H. all the way. But the end of the book just lets it all go and doesn't tie anything up. It's almost like the authors were told to keep it to 300 pages and they stopped writing when they got there. They should have gone more into why Mrs. X. was so upset with Nanny. The end was a real let-down. Overall, I loved the book and I know I'll read it again and again. I'll just make up my own endings every time.
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Summary: Great picture of the true lives of Nannies
Review: This is a great composit of how life can be as a Nanny, it felt
like I was reading about a combination of jobs I have held in the last 8 years. I really enjoyed this book. And much of it is true to life. Of course there are great jobs out there for us Nannies, you just have to be a very careful searcher and trust your first impressions. A must read for all nannies!!!!!!!!
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Summary: As A Nanny...
Review: As a nanny for families ranging from very wealthy to middle class I was looking forward to a read that would relate to me. Yet, I must say I was truly disappointed by this book. Although I read it from cover to cover and it was a quick read, I wanted to throw it across the room at points. Not because of fantastic writing than pulled me in and brought out emotion but because the nanny character was so weak and needed a kick in the rear. The character development was mediocre at best, and the story line was a bit predictable. Adding a nanny character with more depth, as well as adding substance to her supporting characters would allow for a more meaningful read. I also had a huge problem with the names of the characters. Nanny (Nan) and the X family were uncreative and irritating to me. (But this is just a personal thought) Their odd names may in fact relate back to the fact that the two authors were nannies and did not want to use a name similar to a former employer, but come on. This may be one example of how these two nannies were as spineless as their character. Since this was a first attempt at a novel for these two former nannies, I will offer them a break, but I truly hope that they did not allow their former employers to treat/talk to them as they allowed their main nanny character to be stepped on. On a personal note: If I were to dip back into my memoir of memories and write about my experiences as a nanny, you better believe there would be a bit of me in my character, Food For Thought!
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Summary: Don't believe the negative comments!
Review: I would not give much credence to the negative views expressed by some reviewers on this page. It seems that the people who are uncomfortable with this book and its subject matter are people for whom the topic cuts a little too close to home, or people who are disturbed to contemplate that monsters like Mr. and Mrs. X do indeed exist in this country. Yes, it is tragic that people like Mr. and Mrs. X exist, but it is also reality. While it is true that someone who hires a nanny has the right to have her instructions followed, she certainly does not have the right to treat her own child or her nanny as less than human. These employers should remember that they hire nannies to help them raise their children, and not to function as replacements for totally absentee (in every possible way) parents. If authors could not use their life experiences as a source of their creativity in writing, there would be few authors indeed. I found this to be an excellent book, one that is easy to pick up and put down (so good for reading on the subway, a beach, or an airplane). But be warned: every time you put it down, you'll be looking forward to the time that you can pick it up again!
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