Nanny Returns: A Novel by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
LOVED IT
The plot is a little far-fetched, but a pleasant distraction. I was glad to see Nan finally stand up to Mrs X, although it took most of the book to get her back bone. You can easily see how giving people like Nan end up falling into the same trap of over compensating for something that isn’t her responsibility. It did have the requisite happy ending!
Product Description
Now she’s back. After living abroad for twelve years, she and her husband, Ryan, aka H.H., have returned to New York to make a life for themselves. In the midst of getting her new business off the ground and fixing up their fixer-upper, Ryan announces his sudden desire to start a family. His timing simply couldn’t be worse.
To compound the mounting construction and marital chaos, her former charge, Grayer X, now sixteen years old, makes a drunken, late-night visit, wanting to know why she abandoned him all those years ago. But how can she explain to Grayer what she still hasn’t come to terms with herself? In an attempt to assuage her guilt, yet against every instinct, Nan tries to help Grayer and his younger brother, Stilton, through their parents’ brutal divorce, drawing her back into the ever-bizarre life of Mrs. X and her Upper East Side enclave of power and privilege.
After putting miles and years between herself and this world, Nan finds she’s once again on the front line of the battle with the couture-clad elite for their children’s wellbeing.
With its whip-smart dialogue and keen observations of modern life, Nanny Returns gives a firsthand tour of what happens when a community that chose money over love finds itself with neither.
The Nanny Diaries was made into a major motion picture.
About the Author
Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin are the authors of The Nanny Diaries and Citizen Girl. They live and work in New York City. Please visit their website at http://www.emmaandnicola.com/.
Product Details
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Atria (December 15, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1416585672
ISBN-13: 978-1416585671
Obtained From: Public Library
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