The Manny - Softcover

Peterson, Holly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007245203 ISBN 13: 9780007245208

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2007

Synopsis

The hot new New York novel from a Manhattan mover and shaker is a brilliantly entertaining romantic comedy about a harassed working mum – a fish out of water on the exclusive Upper East Side – who hires a male nanny to look after her son.

Jamie Whitfield is a rarity among the sleek and chic of 'the Grid' – the exclusive blocks of the Upper East Side where it's all about keeping up with the Vanderbilts. She's a working mother, from the wrong side of the tracks and is never quite going to fit in, much to her neurotic husband Jeffrey's dismay. But while he's worrying that they're the poor white trash of the Grid, struggling along on a mere two mill a year, Jamie is more concerned about juggling the demands of her job with the needs of her children.

On the verge of breaking the story of her reporting career, and facing mutiny from her son, she hires a Manny – a male nanny and the new 'must-have' accessory on the Grid. And Jason proves to be a life-saver in more ways than she could ever have imagined...

About this title

Review:

"Holly Peterson has a keen observer's eye for the frailties, foibles, and frivolities of present day upper class life among the rich of New York City. She understands her territory well and writes with authority."--Dominick Dunne, author of A Season In Pugatory

"Brisk, crisp, knowing and fun."--Christopher Buckley, author of Thank You for Smoking

"Holly Peterson writes about the rich with acute understanding and a drop-dead eye for detail. The funniest, sexiest ride in the limo lane since The Bonfire of the Vanities." --Tina Brown, author of The Diana Chronicles

"Money, Manners, Mannys: Holly Peterson's debut is a fabulously sharp skewering of the silly-rich in New York. Observing a Park Avenue Working Mom falling for The Help had me both touched and tormented with laughter. I couldn't put it down. We should ALL get a Manny right now."-Plum Sykes, author of Bergdorf Blondes

I leapt on The Manny and devoured it in one sitting. It's a riveting portrait of millionaires' life on 'The Grid', full of eye-watering details. And it made me instantly want to hire a male nanny...... for me!--Sophie Kinsella, author of Shopaholic & Baby

"Holly Peterson takes us on a locomotive tour through the living rooms of the Upper East Side and the newsrooms of the media elite. The trip is sexy, hilarious, and heart-wrenching."--Candace Bushnell, author of Sex and the City

From the Hardcover edition.

About the Author:

After a decade as an Emmy-Award winning Producer for ABC News Primetime, Holly Peterson worked as Tina Brown's right-hand woman at Talk. As a contributing editor to Newsweek magazine, Holly acts as an in-house Producer and Story Editor. Holly and her husband now live in NYC, happily, with their three children.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0007245203
• ISBN 13: 9780007245208
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400