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Summary: ''You'll Never Nanny In This Town Again''
Review: I was really looking forward to reading this book but i was very dissapointed with it.
There's no really funny parts in the book and not so many famous people as i expected.
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Summary: FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN HOLLYWOOD...
Review: I've never been a Nanny, but I have been to Hollywood! In the mid 90's I went to Hollywood about a book project of mine, and was stunned by how mean the Super Agents were to their office staff. Suzanne Hansen's book lets us in on a secret, it's not just the office staff who suffer abuse by these self-appointed hollywood gods --- it's everyone they deal with! Families, Nannies, everyone. But, there is an upside, Suzanne's book shows us not everyone in Hollywood is rude...some famous Actors are sweet as can be. Just as kind at home as you'd dreamed they'd be. I LOVED this book. It's a quick read, a fun read, and feels like an "insider reveals all" kind of read. And I have to say Suzanne Hansen, has a delightful literary voice! This book is going to be a huge seller! Look for it on the New York Times Best seller list. If you want a fun read, an entertaining read...and if you've ever been to Hollywood, or wondered what it's like...this book is for you! Marsha Marks
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Summary: You Have to Love This Book!
Review: If you are a mom that enjoys Vicki Iovine's Girlfriend's Guides to Pregnancy and all things Mommy. You will really enjoy the humorous and sometimes unbelievable tale of this Hollywood Nanny who is now a Mommy.
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Summary: Small Town Girl Goes to the BIG CITY!
Review: If you have ever wondered what it is really like to live in a house that is surrounded by gates, this book will answer some of your "how do those people really live" questions. What would it be like to have a staff live in your home? What is it like not to know where supplies are in your own kitchen?
This lifestyle is so different from mine, it would have been hard to relate, except the nanny has some of the same thoughts, feelings and questions I had while reading it. If you order this book, set aside some uninterrupted time, because it is hard to EVER find a stopping point.. I read this book in two days!
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Summary: Great book!
Review: It's a fun, quick read. At first glance, it looks like it'd take a few days to read, as it's thicker than most books. However, I finished it in a couple of hours! Everything goes by so quickly, and Suzanne Hansen's experiences are hilarious. I noticed a few typos, but overall, this book is fantastic.
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Summary: MY FAVORITE READ SO FAR THIS SUMMER!
Review: Loved it! Loved it! Loved it! I was calling my girlfriends up and reading passages, since we grew up in a SMALL,(as the author calls it "less than thriving metropolis")TOWN. We could really relate. This is an enjoyable read for teens through baby boomers, I just wish the author could of given us an update on the children that she cared for.
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Summary: A VERY FUNNY READ!!
Review: My wife was reading this book for her book club and I picked it up, thinking it was a "girls book" I was wrong..(hard for me to admit since it happens so rarely) but I really liked it. I grew up in a small town and could really relate to the stories that the author told, I hope she writes a follow up to this one.
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Summary: You'll Never Nanny In This Town Again
Review: Suzanne Hansen has entered the writing world with flair! "You'll Never Nanny In This Town Again" is a delightful read - and very difficult to put down! As told from inside of the home of this "rich and famous" family, Suzanne makes the reader laugh out loud while rooting for her to be noticed, appreciated and loved. A must read ... Suzanne MUST get in front of her typewriter again soon - we need a sequel!
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Summary: You'll Never Nanny in this Town Again! (Hansen)
Review: Suzanne Hansen is a lot like those of us who had no idea what they wanted to do when they graduated from high school. Soon, she would find herself in a multi-million dollar home, rubbing shoulders with Hollywood power elite...and being an eighteen year old parent to three children. "You'll Never Nanny In This Town Again!" is an alternately funny and sad look at Hansen's nanny career in Hollywood, and it might make you a better parent for it. Hansen divides her book into three different types of writing, all of which work. She has the main parts of the book, explaining what is happening and what she is going through. She also includes funny fantasies, written in screenplay format. If she worries someone is talking about her, or how someone may react to something she has done, she imagines these complete with characters' actions and dialogue- something that fits into the Hollywood lifestyle. Finally, we get different type in the form of excerpts from her journals. She does not use these entries to swoon over the latest celebrity encounter she has had, but worries about how the family she is a part of is accepting her and how mad she gets with other nanny friends for things she is also guilty of doing. Hansen's writing style is breezy and light from the beginning. She describes being from a small Oregon town, attending a nanny institute in the Northwest, and finally going to Los Angeles to interview for positions there. Eventually she is hired by mega-agent Steven Swartz and his wife Julia (not the family's real names) and cares for their three children- five year old Joshua, three year old Amanda, and infant Brandon. She also meets the rest of the household staff, who would become her support system over the following year. Hansen makes mistakes right away with her new family and freely admits them. She should have signed a contract, and should have received more specific information on how far she could discipline the kids. She has no real set hours, is terrified to take time off, and often hides in her room on the weekends. She is dragged on family vacations, but only as the help. Hansen is mystified (as is the reader) at how the Swartzes can spend thousands of dollars for their own self-gratification, but seem overcome with guilt at extravagance, refusing miniscule charges incurred by others. The "expensive" three dollar a minute phone call to the kids while on a multi-thousand dollar vacation away from them is one telling story. Hansen has a great way of letting the reader draw their own conclusions about life in Hollywood without turning this into a dirt slinging tell-all. She has other nanny friends there, and many of their misadventures are downright hilarious. One nanny accidentally vacuums up a pile of cocaine. Hansen tells another to turn down a job offer from some actor who claims to have made a movie called "The Untouchables." Who ever heard of this Costner guy anyway? Hansen is not star struck but still speaks kindly of the celebrities she met who seemed like normal people. The Swartz's neighbors include O.J. and Nicole Simpson. Tom Cruise and Bill Murray come off as very nice. One of her friends works for the downright saintly Sally Field (causing understandable jealousy on Hansen's part). The last third of the book talks about her getting blacklisted by the Swartzes after she left, but still getting wonderful employers like Debra Winger, and Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman. Things do work out in a Hollywood ending, although this one is bittersweet. No one prepared Hansen for the pain of leaving the trio of Swartz children she raised, and eventually learned to love. The Steven and Julia Swartz in the book have millions of dollars. Hansen accidentally sets off the Picasso alarm, one of many measures surrounding Swartz's unparalleled modern art collection. Steven muses aloud whether his infant son Brandon even knows Steven is Brandon's father. Julia has no clue about how to take Brandon for a night of mommying, having to be led by the hand just to give him basic needs. On the other hand, I see my two sons everyday, driving them to and from school and daycare, and I take them on overnights when I have a morning off from work the next day. Steven Swartz is a powerful Hollywood agent. I help unload trucks and put boxes on the shelves at Target. Swartz has a fleet of vehicles, my '86 Cavalier is sitting in my ex-wife's apartment parking place, where the voltage light came on and it started losing power. Swartz has a gigantic mansion, I have a one bedroom apartment. After reading Hansen's excellent book, I feel luckier than Steven Swartz will ever be.
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Summary: I would never want to Nanny in this town!
Review: Suzanne Hansen's book is not only funny but very poignant as she discovers what it was really like to be a nanny in a very unusual setting. Having gone to school in LA (I could relate to several of her experiences including driving an old jalopy in a city full of BMW's and Mercedes.) The writing is not only fun to read but very creative in it's style. I loved the pretend movie clips retelling her different experiences. I hope this gets made into a movie, it would make a funny screenplay. I would defintely recommend it to a friend (in fact I already have!!)
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