The Nanny Diaries

Mclaughlin, Emma

| 2002

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WANTED: One young woman to take care of four-year-old boy. Must be cheerful, enthusiastic, and selfless--bordering on masochistic. Must relish sixteen-hour shifts with a deliberately nap-deprived preschooler. Must love geting thrown up on, literally and figuratively, by everyone in his family. Must enjoy the delicious anticipation of ridiculously erratic pay. Mostly, must love being treated like fungus found growing out of employer's Hermes bag. Those who take it personally need not apply. Who "wouldn't "want this job? Struggling to graduate from NYU and afford her microscopic studio apartment, Nanny takes a position caring for the only son of the wealthy X family. She rapidly learns the insane amount of juggling involved to ensure 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 ends up involved...

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Josefine Ejebjörk

2010-05-31

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Fick aldrig en bra känsla från huvudpersonen, tyckte mest att hon var ryggradslös och inte alls intressant. Fick klart för mig i alla fall att jag aldrig skulle platsa som barnflicka!