FREE SHIPPING WITHIN THE USA, BUT I WILL SHIP WORLDWIDE AT BUYER'S EXPENSE 2009 FIRST EDITION "NANNY RETURNS" BY EMMA MCLAUGHLIN AND NICOLA KRAUS -A NOVEL- Synopsis In this sequel to the mega-hit THE NANNY DIARIES, Nan Hutchinson returns to New York with her husband after 12 years of living abroad. The happy couple finds a dilapidated Harlem mansion in need of some renovation and starts to talk about starting a family of their own, but their plans are interrupted when 16-year-old Grayer X, last seen as the four-year-old Nan looked after in the first book, arrives on their doorstop in a drunken funk. As Nan finds herself nurturing Grayer and his little brother Stilton through their parents' messy divorce, she realizes that she has once again surrendered her identity and become subject to the whims of the X family. McLaughlin and Kraus manage to keep all the divine wit and humor of their previous bestseller while adding a number of satisfying contemporary elements to the mix. Publisher's Note More than four million readers fell in love with Nan, the smart, spirited, and sympathetic heroine of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Nanny Diaries. Now she's back. After living abroad for twelve years, she and her husband, Ryan, aka H.H., have returned to New York to make a life for themselves. In the midst of getting her new business off the ground and fixing up their fixer-upper, Ryan announces his sudden desire to start a family. His timing simply couldn't be worse. To compound the mounting construction and marital chaos, her former charge, Grayer X, now sixteen years old, makes a drunken, late-night visit, wanting to know why she abandoned him all those years ago. But how can she explain to Grayer what she still hasn't come to terms with herself? In an attempt to assuage her guilt, yet against every instinct, Nan tries to help Grayer and his younger brother, Stilton, through their parents' brutal divorce, drawing her back into the ever-bizarre life of Mrs. X and her Upper East Side enclave of power and privilege. After putting miles and years between herself and this world, Nan finds she's once again on the front line of the battle with the couture-clad elite for their children's wellbeing. With its whip-smart dialogue and keen observations of modern life, Nanny Returns gives a firsthand tour of what happens when a community that chose money over love finds itself with neither. The Nanny Diaries was made into a major motion picture. A sequel to the best-selling Industry reviews "[I]n NANNY RETURNS...the authors...are back to what they do best: skewering the manners and mores of those with more money than God....Anyone who has read THE NANNY DIARIES will recognize the sequel as much the same in tone and structure. Happily, the detailed observation in NANNY RETURNS feels just as up-to-the-minute....In this outing, though, it's apparent that Ms. McLaughlin and Ms. Kraus have thought harder about their material; the result is a novel that is more resonant and less glib than its predecessor." (01/06/2010) "Where the authors excel, as in the first book, is in writing about children and the way they interact with adults. You can feel the kids' desperation when they are trying to get a parent's attention and the comfort they find in Nanny's care." (12/15/2009) *BRAND NEW CONDITION* THE DUST JACKET HAS NORMAL SHELF WEAR THE BOOK HAS NORMAL SHELF WEAR PUBLISHED BY ATRIA BOOKS/SIMON SCHUSTER INC. FIRST ATRIA BOOKS HARDCOVER EDITION DECEMBER 2009 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN# 9781416585671 1209 305 PAGES SEE OUR OTHER BOOKS IN OUR STORE! Check out my other items! Makes a nice gift or keepsake to add to a collection We accept Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover, and PayPal. 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