I have to admit that I did not really know what to expect
when I started WHAT THE NANNY SAW.
However, it become quite obvious that this book was written
by someone who was on the "inside" - who has first hand
knowledge of what its like to live with those who are
privileged and who don't live by the rules "the rest of us"
live by.
Although the story is about the impact that greed can have
on all of us, including those with too much money - it is
more about the delicious tidbits we are given. I love the
insider knowledge and the dirty little secrets that the
author shares with us - those tidbits are what really made
WHAT THE NANNY SAW
for me.
If you have always wanted to know what its like to be "a fly
on the wall" of those who have way too much of everything
and then discover that they are, after all, subject to the
realities of life when it all comes crashing down, then this
book is for you.
I loved, loved the writing style as I felt as though we were
girlfriends exchanging secrets.
I also oddly felt encouraged to know that karma does not
discriminate - just saying.
WHAT THE NANNY SAW is a wonderful read although, I must
admit, it is a
heavy book (hardcover) to carry around as it is quite long.
It’s the summer of 2008. For the past decade Nick and Bryony Skinner and their four children have ridden high on the economic boom, but their luck is about to run out. Suddenly, the privileged family finds itself at the center of a financial scandal: their Central London house is besieged by the press, Nick disappears, and Bryony and the children become virtual prisoners in their own home. And Ali, their trusted nanny, watches it all. As the babysitter, she brings a unique insider-outsider perspective to the family, seeing far more than even the family itself is capable of. But when a reporter with a personal connection to the story comes asking her for the inside scoop, will Ali remain loyal to the family who never saw her as anything other than the help? Or will she tell her side? Written with Fiona Neill’s delicious humor and addictive style, What the Nanny Saw is a keenly observed, often comical chronicle of the urban wealthy elite, of parents who are often too busy to notice what is going on under their own noses, of children left to their own devices, and of a young nanny thrown into a role she doesn’t know how to play. It is a morality tale of our time, a tale of betrayal, the corrosive influence of too much money, and why good people sometimes do bad things.
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