The Nanny Diaries
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| Author | Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus |
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| Cover artist | Anne Twomey (design); Herman Estevez Studio (photography) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Chick lit novel |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
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2002 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback), Audio CD |
| Pages | 306 pp |
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| OCLC | 51895582 |
The Nanny Diaries is a 2002 novel by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, both of whom are former nannies. The book satirizes upper class Manhattan society as seen through the eyes of their children's caregivers.
The writers were students at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study when they wrote the book. Both had worked as nannies for about 30 different wealthy families on the Upper East Side, where the book is set. As a child, Kraus lived at 1000 Park Avenue, and claims she modeled some of the characters, particularly Mrs. X, on other building residents.
A film adaptation starring Scarlett Johansson, Paul Giamatti, and Laura Linney was released in the United States on August 24, 2007. The novel was also released as an audiobook, read by actress Julia Roberts.
In August 2011, it was announced that Gilmore Girls creator/producer, Amy Sherman-Palladino has started to develop a Nanny Diaries TV series to be produced by Ryan Seacrest Productions and The Weinstein Company for ABC.
In 2010 Kraus and McLaughlin released a sequel called Nanny Returns, in which Nan and Ryan (aka Harvard Hottie) are married, and having living abroad for twelve years, have returned to New York, where they move into a fixer-upper, and Nan hopes to start a business. One night, a drunken, 16-year-old Grayer shows up at their door, demanding to know why Nan abandoned him years earlier, and thrusting the couple back into Mrs X's life.
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