The Nanny DIaries Author:Emma Mclaughlin and Nichol Kraus Who wouldn't want this job? Struggling to graduate from NYU and afford her microscopic studio apartment, Nanny takes a positio caring for the only son of the wealthy x family. She rpidly 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. Whe... more »n the x's marriage begins to disitegrate. 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 senseof 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-clay servitude. Impossible to put down-Vogue.« less