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Would Never Think to Take Away Their Children


The Inner Conflict that Exists in all moms
I just finished reading The Nanny Diaries last night.
Of course, I should have been studying for finals, but the book was just so good that I couldn't put it down.
Miramax has just purchased the film rights and a sequel is in the works.
Apparently, others (both on Epinions and friends of mine ) have said that the book has been sold out everywhere she looked but I found my two copies at two different bookstores quite easily (we both live in the Boston area, so we are the same geographically ).
Yes, I own two copies.
Im giving the other one to the same friend as gift; Im just keeping it from her so that she does not read it instead of studying for finals.

I heard a lot of buzz on this book as soon as it came out.
I was sure that I would like The Nanny Diaries , but never guessed how much.
Nanny is a college student trying to pay her way through NYU and afford life in the big apple as well.
The Nanny Diaries is one of those books where after you finish it, you just sit there for awhile staring into space thinking about it.
It is also one of those rare books that makes me think about it weeks later.
Whereas other books I read, I forget the entire plot a day after I read it.
The ending had an affect on me.
I was sad, but also touched and happy.
I like that it made me feel conflicting emotions at the same time......

This is no small feat, from what I understand.
An experienced nanny, she takes a job with the X family.
It didn't take long from there to understand that this family was nothing like anything I've ever experienced.
The way Mrs. X neglects her child in favor of her social life, the outrageous demands she places on her child care provider, and the way she hires "consultants " to deal with every everyday stressful events are unbelieveable.

What a sad existence!!
What would she think of my life!!
Even so, I loved taking a peek at this life style.
I felt awful for the children and the nannies, but I couldn't stop reading.
The situations Nanny endured were hilarious!!

I the notes Mrs. X would leave for her.
TO balance out the insanity, the authors included snippets of life outside of the X household.
Her relationship with the X's hot neighbor helped to show that maybe not everyone who lives this lifestyle lives it like the X's.
Her relationship with her roommate, grandmother and parents helped to anchor the story in reality.

【Emma McLaughlin】The Nanny Diaries【Nicola Kraus】
Ironic look at the world of a Park Avenue nanny..
I enjoyed this book because I could see from the Nannies point of view what exactly was going on in everyones' life that was involved in the story.
Makes you grateful that you don't have all that money.
Who wants a life where it takes you away from you family and those you love just to make more money and not be able to spend it together.

I felt that I was standing in the Nannies shoes so to speak as she wrote about the things that were taking place in her life and the way that her employer was treating her.
The things that poor child (her charge ) was going through and the way it was related to the reader just made you want to reach out and give him a big hug.
What a crappy Mother he had.

Even so, Nanny gets more than she bargained for when, at the Halloween bash, she and Grayer walk in on Mr. X and his Chicago executive (whom the book simply calls "Ms. Chicago" )making out.
Mr. X acts as if mothing is amiss, and Nanny is left to question whether or not she should report this infidelity to his wife.
Slowly, Mrs. X begins to get her own suspicions, and Grayer begins to fall apart under the obvious cloud of neglect and dread that his father has stirred up.
Nanny wants to run, but feels obligated to navigate these treacherous adult waters for Grayer, hoping things will calm down on their own.
Meanwhile, she's also fallen for a Harvard student that lives in the Xes building, leaving Mrs. X to treat her badly and hurl rude comments at her because she is jealous of the happiness Nanny is finding with a guy.

Hhhmph !!!!
How can Nanny tread through these tumultuous waters and still graduate from NYC
You'll have to find out for yourself.
I read this book in less than 48 hours because I couldn't wait to find out what outrageous thing Mrs. X would come up with next.
After listening to my sis-in-law's horror stories, I found that I wasn't surprised about the Xes shannanigans.
I realize she was so busy with charities and other things-such as going to the spa-but this is her CHILD for Gods' sake.
WAKE UP LADY

This book is a must read for any and all mothers.
Makes you appreciate what you have and grateful for what you don't have.
It shone light on my life and that amount of time that I choose to spend with my family.

If The Nannies come out with another book I will purchase that one as well.

The only thing that I found lacking was the ending.
I felt that it ended suddenly because it was time for the book to go to the presses.
I felt another chapter or two would not have been amiss.
What did the Nannie decide to do about that "boyfriend" anyway
All in all, a very interesting look into the frustrating world of raising someone elses children under extreme conditions.
As obvious as this conflict might seem, Nanny Diaries brought it up to the surface for me.
The book made me very conscious of the balancing act we must play , and has made me look critically at the choices I make and the prioirities I keep as a parent and an individual.


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