Melissa Nathan
Paperback | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 3.79 | 12379 Users | 215 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Nanny |
| ISBN: | 0060560118 (ISBN13: 9780060560119) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Twenty-three-year-old Jo Green knows that if she has to spend one more night in ultra-provincial Niblet-Upon-Avon she'll go completely bonkers! So she answers an ad in the paper, bids her devoted boyfriend Shaun adieu, and heads off to the big city. With a new job that offers excitement; a cool car; and her own suite with a TV, DVD player, and a cell phone, how can she go wrong?Then she meets . . . the Fitzgeralds -- Dick and Vanessa and their unruly brood of rugrats who have suddenly been entrusted into Jo's care. There's eight-year-old "psycho-babe" Cassandra; bloodthirsty Zak, the six-year-old Terminator; and timid little Tallulah.
So what else could go wrong? How about the arrival of Dick's children from his first marriage: teenage Toby and (gulp!) all-grown-up-and-very-nicely-at-that Josh the accountant? And now that she has to temporarily share her room with Josh, Jo's head is really in a spin -- because with her hometown beau still in the picture and a sexy possibility sleeping just a foot away, life has suddenly gotten very complicated indeed!
Point Of Books The Nanny
| Title | : | The Nanny |
| Author | : | Melissa Nathan |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | September 30th 2003 by William Morrow Paperbacks (first published February 19th 2003) |
| Categories | : | Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Romance. Fiction. Contemporary |
Rating Of Books The Nanny
Ratings: 3.79 From 12379 Users | 215 ReviewsEvaluate Of Books The Nanny
Jo has spent her entire life in Niblet-Upon-Avon and needs to get out, so when she's given the chance to take a job as a nanny in London, she jumps at the chance. Of course, this means leaving her long-time boyfriend at home. But the prospect of a new setting and a job in a fancy house with her own car, cell phone, and private suite will soften that blow. Jo gets along famously with her new employers and her three charges, and all seems to be going wonderfully... until her employer's grown-upI really enjoyed this book. The family she worked for was very interesting. I found myself laughing at some of the comments they made to each other from the very beginning of the book. I also found myself disliking her friend, Sheila. Overall, it was a very good read and I will be on the lookout for more by this author.
I have loved this book from the first time I read it. Thanks to my best friend who introduced me to the great Melissa Nathan. This book makes me laugh out loud. Nathan perfectly describes voices of little kids. Talulah especially. She is adorable. And I can just imagine a little kid acting exactly like her. It really brings something to the book. Otherwise this is just like most chick lit novels. Girl has a problem. Girl hates boy. Boy and girl start getting along. There is a huge fallout. They
When my husband and I lived overseas, many years ago, I went through a period where all I wanted to read was Chick Lit. Specifically, Chick Lit set in London. My favorite author became Melissa Nathan, who I discovered when trying to find some Pride and Prejudice retellings. I read Pride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field, and was hooked. A few years later, I searched to see the title of her latest book and was shocked and saddened to learn that she had passed away from cancer, leaving a young family.
This was a very fun, entertaining and easy read. I really enjoyed it, it wasn't as predictable as I thought it would be. I recommend to anyone who wants a nice fun, cosy, easy book to curls up to this is it!
The story of Jo and her journey from country girl living at home to independent young woman living and earning her way in London should have been my type of chick lit.I liked Jo and I liked that Ms. Nathan didn't make her a cliched chick lit heroine -- you know, boy breaks girls heart, girl moves to city to mend her broken heart, and then finds the true love of her life. She is in a relationship but goes to London not due to a broken heart but to understand why she can't commit to her boyfriend.
This book was sometimes 2 stars, sometimes 4 stars, it had moments of 5 stars....it got tedious, it got too predictable, it got to the point I was going to quit...and then it got good. It went off in dire tions I had never imagined...but it worked. I realize Brit chick lit isn't my favorite genre, in fact, I can only read it here and there. But, I am glad I stuck with The Nanny.
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