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Title: The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus, Julia Roberts ISBN: 0-553-71475-9 Publisher: Random House Audio Pub. Date: 28 February, 2002 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.7 (1121 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I enjoyed it!
Comment: I really, really liked this book. I had avoided it for so long because of the hype, but it's really good. While it is funny with its wry observations, there is an element of sadness if you think about the poor little boy. Still, worth the money.
Also recommended: McCrae's BARK OF THE DOGWOOD
Rating: 3
Summary: a big disappointment
Comment: I thought this was supposed to be a funny, lighthearted look at the world of being a nanny to the social elite. The story follows a college student working as a nanny for a young boy whose parents are members of the social elite. The majority of the stories revolve around the parents having little time or interest in their son and the poor treatment of the nanny. The nanny finds herself in several predicaments, but never speaks up for herself. I found that VERY annoying as it went on and on. The nanny complains about the way she is treated, but doesn't do anything to try to resolve the problem.
Rating: 2
Summary: Such a sad book...
Comment: I am not sure how anyone could think of this tale as either funny or a light read. Sure, there are some scenarios that are so outrageous you cannot help but chuckle, especially in the beginning of the book, but honestly the last 1/3 of the book left me wanting to cry for that poor little boy. The scene where Nan leaves the beach house, with G wailing in the background wondering where she has gone, has haunted me. As a parent of small children, I can't bring myself to imagine how that poor child could recover from the systematic emotional abuse he suffers from his "parents." It is obvious he loves N so much that to have her "abandon" him, as I'm sure this is how his parents would explain it, would be beyond cruel and heartless.
I think the reviewers who portray this as a funny, light read are reading the surface of the book only, and must be disconnected from the heartbreaking life of that little boy.
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Title: The Lovely Bones: A Novel by Alice Sebold ISBN: 0316666343 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 03 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Devil Wears Prada : A Novel by Lauren Weisberger ISBN: 038550926X Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd ISBN: 0142001740 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 28 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson, Allison Pearson ISBN: 0375713751 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella ISBN: 0385335482 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 06 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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