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Summary: HORRIBLE
Review: This book wasn't funny, insightful or even vaguely enjoyable. I was hoping for a humorous look into the upper crust world of nannying- instead I got a poorly written, utterly depressing story about a child that is completely neglected by his parents.ugh.
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Summary: The downside of upscale
Review: This novel shows the less publicized type of child neglect -- the over-privileged child with the under attentive parents. Mrs. X peels off 4 year old Grayer with a spatula like move whenever he comes close to her. The only warmth he gets is from his Nanny. She is over-utilized, outrageously taken advantage of, frequently insulted and stuck in the middle of a nasty triangle but she stays with the family because she genuinely cares about the little boy. That's the sad part -- at the same time this book manages to be one of the funniest books I've ever read. This would be perfect to read with the non-fiction book "The Trouble with Perfect : how parents can avoid the overachievement trap and still raise successful children " by Elizabeth Guthrie.
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Summary: Mary Poppins doesn't live here anymore
Review: The Nanny Diaries is a window into a world that few of us will ever see: Park Avenue apartment life. When Nanny takes a job with the X family in Manhattan, her entire life changes. Although Nanny ostensibly becomes a part of their family, this book has very few spoonfuls of sugar. In a funny and satiric look at the New York high life, the authors of The Nanny Diaries have used their own experiences as nannies to create a wonderfully flawed, but real, main character. Nanny (in a very Bridget Jones kind of way) is trying to get an education, find a boyfriend, pay for her meagre life in Manhattan and keep her sanity in the face of a childcare job that is much more than she bargained for. By taking fun pokes at the attitudes of the rich toward their precious progeny, The Nanny Diaries roasts high society and takes a swipe at old money snobbery. Wickedly funny and, at times, quite touching. A tremendous accomplishemnt for these first time authors.
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Summary: Actually could not put this one down
Review: Absolutely vacillates between being the funniest thing I've ever read to being the saddest - I was howling laughing throughout, yet really crying at the end. Definitely a good read...
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Summary: FOR THOSE WHO THOUGHT "NANNIES" HAD ORDINARY JOBS!
Review: The book made for interesting reading and there were parts that were so hilarious, you could read a line and still chuckle about it hours later. For anyone who believes child-rearing is a one-shoe-fits-all process, they ought to read about the trials and tribulations of raising children in New York. In "The Nanny Diaries", readers will meet the wealthy, whizzy-dizzy, Park Avenus mom, Mrs X. She is definitely not your ordinary everyday mom and these are by no means your typical, average nannies. While most readers will find the book highly amusing, if you live or have lived in New York, or any large major city, you are certain to have a better appreciation for the context of the book and a closer affinity to the escapades and experiences mothers, children and these unique nannies encounter. The book is highly entertaining and would make a top-notch movie or television comedy!
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Summary: Great weekend with Nanny!
Review: Totally engaging story written with great warmth and acrid wit. A totally engaging read, wonderfully written.
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Summary: Nanny Diaries - Fabulous weekend read.
Review: Marvelously witty writing, tender story of a wonderfully inciteful young woman. Great fun, a few tears, heartfelt wit.
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Summary: I laughed, I cried......
Review: This book is hysterical! enjoyed it from the very first page on. It also has a really good point to make. This book is a real expose of upper class child rearing in New York. If you ever wondered how private school kids end up dressed in designer clothes, clubbing and using drugs at the age of sixteen, this book gives you the answer: their lives at age four. I loved this book because it showed not only the ridiculous side of Park Avenue life, but another, less talked about, tragic one. As as alumna of one of these schools, I hope it becomes manditory reading for the parents! You'll laugh a lot, but you will put it down thinking.....
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Summary: Entertaining
Review: This was my "airport" book. I found it a fun read, and --speaking as a college student who is just as impressed as Nanny is with Prada, Gucci, etc. while struggling to pay the rent -- easy to relate to. While I don't think it was funny (nothing is funny about neglect and abuse), I found it witty and entertaining. It could even make a better movie than a book, if someone took the time to streamline the story. My big complaint was the subplots involving Nanny's family and boyfriend. I felt that Nanny's family was way too supportive of her; in fact, there was no conflict involved anywhere with either Nanny's family or the boyfriend, so I wondered why they were even there at all -- other than to provide a stark contrast to the Xes' horrible family values. Luckily, the passages involving Nanny's family and boyfriend are relatively short, so they don't detract too much from the plot. It would have been much more realistic and interesting had the authors spent more time developing Nanny's family and boyfriend into a real family (with its fights, jealousies, etc.) rather than give her the perfect family to run back to when the Xes step out of line again and again. Regardless, this is a fun book to read. I think the only people who could possibly dislike it are the very same people that the "Nanny Diaries" decries: selfish adults who think nothing of their spouses and children. The "Nanny Diaries" is definitely worth reading at least once. However, if you want social commentary wrapped-up in a great story, try "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austin. Now that is literature....
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Summary: Sooooooo FUNNY!
Review: This was a funny little book. It made me laugh the whole time! READ IT!
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