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S'està carregant… Nanny Diaries: A Novel, The
Informació de l'obraDiari d'una cangur de Emma McLaughlin (Author)
  
No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. I continue to be mystified and fascinated by the wage slaves of New York. I didn't like the end. I found it repelling, but it was well written. (  ) jennybeast | Apr 14, 2022 |  Borrowed beckykb6 | Apr 13, 2022 | I found this to be a decently funny book, and, as chick-lit goes, to be fairly decent writing. True, none of the characters really change, but that wasn't why the author was writing it, I think. Mostly, this just provides a glimpse into the upper-class life of the ultra-rich and how they parent (or don't) their children. It wasn't particularly good, but I genuinely enjoyed most of it, even it was just as a mindless fluff read. (  ) worddragon | Mar 2, 2022 | entertaining look into the life of a nanny in NYC (  ) oobiec | Nov 2, 2021 | entertaining look into the life of a nanny in NYC ( ) oobiec | Nov 2, 2021 |
 The authors, NYU grads themselves, have filled the novel with humorous events allegedly based on their personal experiences.  "The Nanny Diaries" is a sharply barbed comedy of manners; the denizens of New York's Upper East Side (and, by extension, their brethren in all other tony, overpriced, deadly dull neighborhoods in cities around the world) are its target. With this hilarious, vicious satire of upper-class family life in Manhattan, McLaughlin and Kraus, ex-nannies who know of what they speak, position themselves as contempo Edith Whartons. Although The Nanny Diaries is screamingly funny, it's also painfully sad. A very effective combination. The heart of the matter remains perfectly pitched social satire, from the children's birthday parties (''We really had to put our heads together to top last year's overnight at Gracie Mansion'') to the kind of house where African, Venetian, Art Deco, Empire and Winnie-the-Pooh styles heedlessly collide. Té una guia d'estudi per a estudiants
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. Whowouldn'twant 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 way beyond the bounds of human decency or good taste. Her tenure with the X family becomes a nearly impossible mission to maintain the mental health of their four-year-old, her own integrity, and, most important, her sense of humor. Over nine tense months, Mrs. X and Nanny perform the age-old dance of decorum and power as they test the limits of modern-day servitude. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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