num_pages: 4
description: Read by Julia RobertsBased on the real-life experiences, the inside story on the real lives of the rich and privileged from the women who know all the secrets - the nannies.THE NANNY DIARIES deftly skewers the manner in which America's over-privileged raises les petites - as if grooming them for a Best of Show competition. A poignant satire, it punctures the glamor of Manhattan's upper class to tackle head-on the truer state of backstairs Park Avenue.Struggling to graduate from NYU and afford her microscopic apartment, Nanny takes a job caring for the only son of the wealthy X family. She rapidly learns the insane amount of juggling involved in ensuring that a Park Avenue wife who doesn't work, cook, clean, or raise her own child has a smooth day.When the X's marriage begins to disintegrate, Nanny's nearly impossible mission becomes maintaining the mental health of their four-year-old, her own integrity, and most importantly, her sense of humor. Over nine tense months Mrs X and Nanny perform the age old dance of decorum and power as they test the limits of modern-day servitude.
language: English
title: The Nanny Diaries
titlecomplete: The Nanny Diaries
characters: Grayer, Mr. X (The Nanny Diaries), Nan, Mrs. X
genres: Fiction, Humor, Romance, Adult, Chick Lit, Novels, Contemporary, New York, Realistic Fiction, Adult Fiction
ratings_count: 378943
places: New York (State)
series: Nanny
publisher: Random House Audio