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"A MASTERPIECE: A BRILLIANT EXPLORATION OF THE COLLISION OF RACE, GENDER, AND CLASS WRAPPED UP IN A GRIPPING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT-AND READ IT IN ONE SITTING." —AMY CHUA, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BATTLE HYMN OF THE TICER MOTHER
When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family s chic apartment in Paris s upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on one another, jealousy, resentment, and suspicions mount, shattering the idyllic tableau. Building tension with every page, The Perfect Nanny is a compulsive, riveting, bravely observed explorátion of power, class, race, domesticity, and...
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WINNER OF THE GONCOURT PRIZE
"A MASTERPIECE: A BRILLIANT EXPLORATION OF THE COLLISION OF RACE, GENDER, AND CLASS WRAPPED UP IN A GRIPPING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT-AND READ IT IN ONE SITTING." —AMY CHUA, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BATTLE HYMN OF THE TICER MOTHER
When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family s chic apartment in Paris s upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on one another, jealousy, resentment, and suspicions mount, shattering the idyllic tableau. Building tension with every page, The Perfect Nanny is a compulsive, riveting, bravely observed explorátion of power, class, race, domesticity, and motherhood—and the American debut of an immensely talented writer.
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