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Wanted:
One young woman to look after four-year-old boy. Should be cheerful, enthusiastic and selfless--bordering on masochistic. Must relish sixteen-hour shifts with a deliberately nap-deprived preschooler. Must love getting thrown through to, literally and figuratively, by everyone in his family. Must enjoy the delightful anticipation of ridiculously erratic pay. Mostly, must love being treated like fungus found growing out of employers Hermès bag. Those that take it personally need not apply.Who wouldn't want this job? Struggling to graduate from NYU and afford her microscopic studio apartment, Nanny takes a position caring for the only real son of the wealthy X family. She rapidly learns the insane amount of juggling involved to ensure that a Park Avenue wife who fails, cook, clean, or raise her own child has a smooth day. When the Xs' marriage commences to disintegrate, Nanny eventually ends up involved way beyond the bounds of human decency or good taste. Her tenure with the X family becomes a almost impossible mission to maintain the mental health of their four-year-old, her own integrity and, most of all, 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. Written by two former nannies, The Nanny Diaries deftly punctures the glamour of Manhattan's upper class.
