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Former nannies and close friends Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin teamed up to offer readers an insider's look at New York's Park Avenue residents and their progeny in The Nanny Diaries. The satire skewers these self-aggrandizing, pompous parents who seem to have little, if any, time to raise their own children but plenty of time to criticize everyone else who tries.
The novel opens with a description of the interview process. "The initial encounter became as repetitive as religious ritual," describes Nanny, the protagonist and narrator. The...
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