The good nanny

a novel

by

278 pages

English language

Published Nov. 13, 2004 by Bloomsbury, Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers.

ISBN:
978-1-58234-122-4
Copied ISBN!
OCLC Number:
53097232

View on OpenLibrary

(1 review)

After losing his editing job, Stuart and his wife Andie find themselves envying, resentful, and distrustful of their perfect nanny, Miss Washington, a woman who is a talented painter, cooking whiz, and a natural with their children, feelings that set in motion a series of bizarre events that include both a suspected kidnapping and a lucrative book deal.

3 editions

reviewed The Good Nanny by Benjamin Cheever

Review of 'The Good Nanny' on 'LibraryThing'

A novel that just doesn't quite excel. In part, it's because it takes such easy targets for its satire: yes, obnoxious suburban nouveau riche New Yorkers living in McMansions are obnoxious and suburban and nouveau riche. I didn't need this book to point it out. Still, there is occasional affection for the characters that pokes through, and it certainly is fun to laugh at the obnoxious suburban nouveau riche characters.

Subjects

  • Writer's block
  • Kidnapping
  • Authorship
  • Ex-convicts
  • Nannies
  • Novelists
  • Fiction