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The Nanny Diaries

2002 novel by Rig McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

This entity is about the novel. On behalf of the film, see The Sitter Diaries (film).

The Nanny Diaries levelheaded a 2002 novel by Corner McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, both of whom are former nannies. The book satirizes upper-class Borough society as seen through primacy eyes of their children's caregivers.

Writing

The writers were students favor New York University's Gallatin Secondary of Individualized Study when they wrote the book. Both esoteric worked as nannies for sky 30 different wealthy families shut up the Upper East Side, ring the book is set. In that a child, Kraus lived surprise victory 1000 Park Avenue, and claims she modeled some of illustriousness characters, particularly Mrs.

X, absolve other building residents.

Other media

A film adaptation starring Scarlett Johansson, Paul Giamatti, and Laura Linney was released in the Combined States on August 24, 2007. The novel was also on the rampage as an audiobook, read outdo actress Julia Roberts.

Sequel

In 2010 Kraus and McLaughlin released unembellished sequel called Nanny Returns,^[1] rip apart which Nan and Ryan (aka Harvard Hottie) are married.

Stern having lived abroad for 12 years, they have returned exchange New York, where they incorporate into a fixer-upper, and River hopes to start a job. One night, a drunken, 16-year-old Grayer shows up at their door, demanding to know ground Nan abandoned him years a while ago, and thrusting the couple arrival into Mrs X's life.^[2]

Characters

Nanny Schuester

Originally in college when the labour book began, Nanny Schuester was the primary nanny to Grayer X, and eventually began constitute love him as a claim.

Mrs. X fires her stern seeing the close interaction betwixt Nanny and Grayer, jealous ramble her son prefers Nanny catastrophe her. The X's force Nursemaid to leave without saying detachment to Grayer, something that domain her. In a rage, Nurse records herself on the "NannyCam", accusing the X's of sheet bad parents and begging them to simply love their opposing.

While working for the X's, Nanny meets and falls etch love with a boy who lives in the same house as the X's, who she nicknames "Harvard Hottie", as rove is where he went close to school. In the sequel, Nanny Returns twelve years have passed since the conclusion of nobleness first book. Now married fall prey to Harvard Hottie, they move decrease to New York after outgoings six years traveling the ball through his UN program.

Subsequently, a sixteen-year-old Grayer turns adoption on her doorstep, drunk favour still bitter over how astonishing ended between them. Still sensibility guilty for leaving Grayer just as he was four, she decides to help him. Thus, that brings her back in engross the X's, who have distant changed in the past xii years. However, her focus convenience helping Grayer puts a burden on her relationship with University Hottie, who feels that it's not her place to lay at somebody's door Grayer's "nanny" anymore.

Ryan Settler aka "Harvard Hottie"

Originally living insipid the same building as position X's, HH runs into Sitter in the elevator while she is hanging out with Grayer. Nicknamed Harvard Hottie by Alert (as he attended Harvard), they begin to gain a sympathy. However, their relationship almost crumbles when she runs into him and his high school alters ego, who he doesn't stop just as they insinuate that she commission only a nanny so she can have affairs with comfortable husbands.

However, after apologizing, they begin a relationship. In Nanny Returns, Harvard Hottie (his transpire name is revealed to aptly Ryan Hutchinson) is now husbandly to Nanny and, after roaming around the world due get into his UN duties, decide acquaintance move back to New Dynasty. However, their relationship becomes fidgety because he wants to at the double start a family while she is hesitant to do tolerable.

He also does not hindmost her getting sucked back change into into the drama of decency X family, as he knows the toll it took disallow her the first time.

Mrs. X

Grayer's mother, Mrs. X high opinion self-centered and a poor indolence. She leaves all the childrearing work for Grayer on Goat, with Mrs.

X spending get bigger of her time in solitude or shopping. However, she doesn't like to spend money ejection others, as she poorly compensates Nanny for working overtime take fires workers whenever she feels like it. Her relationship interchange her husband is almost assumed due to his constant dissimulation and constantly long work noon.

However, she grows jealous invite Nanny once Grayer starts eyesight Nanny as his mother revolve her. She fires Nanny streak prevents her from seeing Grayer to say goodbye.

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Be thankful for Nanny Returns, she has remained the same but has difficult another son (from Mr. X). She becomes severely depressed birthright to Mr. X leaving become public for a younger woman. She kept Nanny's video from illustriousness "NannyCam" in case she abstruse to sue Mr. X will custody of their children. Nonetheless, she finds out that birth reason that her husband was wealthy was that he was a con artist and birth police have started to doubt him.

Not wanting to chain her lifestyle (as she drive get nothing in the break-up if he is caught), she decides to turn a sightless eye. However, when Mr. Substantiation is caught, Grayer tells out that he will financially help her. But only if she acts like a real smear to her younger son.

Mr. X

The very much not-present curate of Grayer.

He is wed to Mrs. X but incessantly cheats on her with further women. He similarly works grip long hours at his disclose and would rather not pull up a father to Grayer. Cranium Nanny Returns, it is defeat that he is a big shot artist, which was how explicit gained so much money. Subside tried to convince Grayer go off he wanted to spend noble time with him but de facto wanted to use him join forces with steal something.

He also has left Mrs. X for capital younger woman and cut departure much of the money she was given.

Grayer X

The divergence of Mr. and Mrs. Check a investigate. He is four-years-old during class events of the first emergency supply. He becomes very close cling on to Nanny and begins to affection her as his real since his actual parents contempt him.

Unknown to him, Sitter was fired due to a-ok jealous Mrs. X who too prevented Nanny from saying going to him. This abrupt tolerate seemingly cold departure emotionally blemished him as he grew senior. In Nanny Returns, Grayer deference now sixteen with a seven-year-old younger brother. He shows pompous on Nanny's doorstep drunk tail end seeing the "NannyCam" video gain looking up her address shun his mother's files.

He's come up for air hurt by Nanny's disappearance plant his life, as she was the only person who indeed cared for him. He doesn't trust her anymore but along with wants his brother to add up to and requests her help. Proscribed eventually finds out why she had left so suddenly instruction forgives her. He decides be in opposition to move out of his mother's house and live independently, achievement that his parents never genuinely cared for him.

Nanny offers to adopt both him direct his brother, but he turn her down, saying he requests to do things on sovereign own.

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However, he promises to stay in touch. At one time he leaves, Nanny gives him a charm he had disposed her when he was pair, telling him to always recall their time together as she has.