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Summary: Good book- didn't put it down
Review: This was a very good book that I didn't want to put down. You really get into the characters. Great summer beach book.
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Summary: The Best Book Ever!
Review: I was referred this book by my teacher after my Mom had told her my problem with a lady I babysat for...I have only read like two books all the way through before, I always seem to get their names confused n loose interest...anyways I got it home and could not put it down! I read it over three days, it is soooo easy to get sucked in...Nanny is so funny, and I love how the names arnt glamoured up and it just focuses on the story line... For me it was an excellent book to read after all the stuff i went through with the mother of 2 kids I babysit for..There was so much similarity between my problems with mothers and how they treat their kids and treat me..I would defiantly recommend this to everyone! its a great read and very enjoyable but also relaxing :)
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Summary: Nice Quick Read - Entertaining
Review: After reading so much local hype about the book I picked it up while on jury duty. Knowing a lot of "employer types" I was curious to see how much was reality and fiction....it was a good mix! It was entertaining and well written. The characters were believable and Nanny was extremly likeable. Highly recommend it as a perfect summer read.
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Summary: A personal library must have
Review: I really enjoyed The Nanny Diaries. Nanny and I have a lot in common when it comes to raising children. I instantly fell in love with Nanny's character and felt all her trials and tribulations along the way. Mrs. X mad me terribly mad throughout the book and I grew to love Grayer as much as Nanny did. I would recommend this book to all women who have a soft spot in their hearts for children.
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Summary: "A Must Read" of a Diary
Review: This was one one of those books I really wanted to like...the "pre-hype" from the reviews, the ads, the word-of-mouth. However, I was a bit hesitant. How many times have I been so disappointed with such hyped-up books in the past? (Most recently, "Ya-Ya Sisterhood" comes to mind!) This time around, I was SO not disappointed.
These two extraordinary new authors have written a gem; an often-hilarious look at a year in the life of a young college girl (Nanny), and her job as a nanny to an upper-crust Manhattan family of three. Instead of becoming a monotonous, mean-spirited, dull history of her daily routine, we are enchanted by the whimsical tale of the trials and tribulations of our heroine, her young four-year-old charge (Grayer), and his socialite parents (Mr. and Mrs. X). The characters become real people (they could have easily fallen into caricatures by the wrong writer); those we like, we dislike, or are indifferent towards, but, nonetheless, those we probably have run into whenever we're in public. Often, the book is filled with laugh-out-loud pages from the witty writing style of the authors. This keeps the flow of the book going at a rapid pace; which at times makes it hard to put down.
There has been some discussion on how the book ends; certainly the last few pages didn't make me laugh...they almost made me cry. What can I say? A perfect, realistic ending to a perfect book. More from these two gals - and SOON!
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Summary: Good Book, Great Marketing
Review: I enjoyed the book tremendously while I was reading it - it's definitely entertaining. However, I must concede several things that other Amazon reviewers have mentioned, namely that the writing appears to have been hyper-edited to a too-glossy veneer. The character development was minimal - I never got a real sense of the personalities of the Mr. or Mrs. X. I also found the memoranda which Mrs. X wrote to Nanny to be implausible, since they stylistically smacked more of the sort of management-speak you find in the business world, rather than what a micromanaging Mom would write. The whole premise is a bit too hypocritical, since the authors want to have their cake and eat it too - they identify Nanny as having "upper crust" origins by creating an aristocratic Grandma character for her whose Grand Dame gestures are simply too precious, yet they attack the the lifestyles of their employers. I'm pretty darned sure that, had Emma and Nicola not lucked into writing this book and making fabulous money from the movie sale, they too would have soon evolved in a few years' time into Mrs. X clones. There were too many holes in the plot that distracted me, mostly how Nanny managed to incorporate being a college student into her work schedule (only touched on very superficially), and it drove me nuts at the end when I never found out what happened to her living situation after she gave up that apartment. I didn't feel all that sorry for the Grayer character, despite the fact that his parents essentially ignored him. He was getting fed and clothed and housed, and he wasn't being physically or emotionally abused. Rich people don't have a monopoly on treating their children poorly, but they do have the resources to cushion the child, so at least he or she isn't underfed, or being deprived of shelter or schooling. Oh, and what's with the authors anyhow - are they twins? They look almost identical to each other in the dust jacket photograph. Is that just coincidence, or is it that they have both so totally absorbed the NYC young-20s "look" hairstyle/makeup that they have morphed into each other's identity?
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Summary: A great read!
Review: This was a very good book. I have never laughed out loud while reading a book, but I did with this one. It was written with the same dry sense of humor that I have. I would definitely recommend it.
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Summary: Entertaining and Captivating
Review: One of those books that keeps you up late at night! A captivating story that I could not put down until finished. This is the sad story of the life of a millionaire-family and their nanny who live in Manhattan. The father is an executive who rarely sees his son, a mother who bears children in order to keep her husband from divorcing her, and of a four-year-old boy who is starved of parental love. Nanny, the nanny, evolves into a doormat who won't say no, expanding her hours from part-time to 80 per week plus going on vacation with them-an act of martyrdom. Nanny does love the neglected boy but also has a history of repeating the "I can save the child" syndrome. The nanny is clearly the main caregiver and provider of love to this child, who is being pushed to attend way too many scheduled classes and sports sessions. As a mother of two young children my heart wept for this boy, born of monetary wealth but literally being neglected by his parents, being starved emotionally. I don't want to ruin the story for you, so I won't go into detail about what happens. Suffice it to say the father is a workaholic and lacks "family values". Both father and mother place too much emphasis on buying expensive things while barely paying their hired help. The mother is cold and cruel and will do almost anything to keep her husband married to her. The nanny does not stand up for herself and tries her hardest to give the boy as much of a normal childhood as possible in the time she has with him. I enjoyed reading this story; it was captivating and never boring! Reading this story helped remind me that my active participation in accepting full responsibility for raising my children is laudable and that a healthy marital relationship should not be taken for granted.
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Summary: A very funny read
Review: Altlhough the title of the book might lead you to believe this will be a series of entertaining antecdotes about nannying rich kids, this story is really about a relationship between a small boy and his primary caregiver. Nanny becomes Grayer's mother in this story, the one he can depend on, and who really has his best interests at heart. The Valentine really sums up his feelings toward Nanny. While Nanny takes on the job of caring for Grayer simply as a way to pay her rent, she is unprepared for the depth of feeling she will have for him. She is the kind of person you'd love to have for your best friend, or better yet, for your nanny. This poor kid's parents, as well as everyone in their social circle, are the most shallow, self centered, egotistical, dull people in the universe. And in this book, they are totally believable. Makes you want to go to Bergdorfs and laugh at them.
The writing keeps you engaged, and this book is difficult to put down. It will make you laugh out loud. You will feel Nanny's pain, and you will feel outraged on her behalf at her treatment at the hands of Mrs. X. I can't think of anyone to whom I would not recommend this book for it is funny, light, believable, and entertaining. Buy it, rent it to your friends for 50 cents a pop, and become rich.
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Summary: Absolutely wonderful read!
Review: A really wonderful book. The story rolls along quickly from one misadventure to the next, as Nanny and her little charge, Grayer, experience life in the upper bowels of Manhattan. The authors' have created a warm, funny and all-too-believable character. I hope they write a sequel!
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