The Perfect Nanny (Wheeler Large Print Book Series)

Slimani, Leila

ISBN 10: 1432847880 ISBN 13: 9781432847883

Publisher: Wheeler Publishing Large Print, 2018

Synopsis

When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decided to return to work, she and her husband looked for the perfect nanny for their two children and found Louise. Now she has embedded herself so deeply in their lives that it seems impossible to remove her. Building tension with every page, The Perfect Nanny is a compulsive, riveting, bravely observed exploration of power, class, race, domesticity, and motherhood -- and the American debut of an immensely talented writer.

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Review:

"The novel, which draws on elements from the real story of a nanny from the Dominican Republic who has been accused of killing two children under her care in New York in 2012, pieces together disparate events that culminate in a nightmarish outcome." --The New York Times

"As far as first pages go, this one slams you in the guts. . . . Dubbed the 'French Gone Girl, ' [The Perfect Nanny] reflect[s] our growing appetite for sharply observant crime novels written by women, featuring atrocities committed not by strangers in dark alleyways but the known, the familiar and the loved--in the supposed safety of one's own home. . . . Anyone reading [it] can tell within a few paragraphs that its author is a mother . . . who has felt firsthand the perfect split of agony, ecstasy and mind-numbing boredom that motherhood entails." --The Telegraph

"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 Tiger Mother and Political Tribes

"Is The Perfect Nanny the next Gone Girl? This author's book on a killer nanny is next year's must-read. . . . As far as first pages go, this one slams you in the guts. . . . Anyone reading [it] can tell within a few paragraphs that its author is a mother . . . who has felt firsthand the perfect split of agony, ecstasy and mind-numbing boredom that motherhood entails." --The Telegraph

"The novel, which draws on elements from the real story of a nanny from the Dominican Republic who has been accused of killing two children under her care in New York in 2012, pieces together disparate events that culminate in a nightmarish outcome." --The New York Times

"The why of this horrific crime remains unfathomable, rendering it all the more frightening." --Kirkus Reviews

"Tightly written . . . Slimani . . . cleverly drills down into the parent-nanny dynamic, one so often loaded with judgement and guilt, particularly for women." --Marie Claire (U.K.)

"A riveting exploration of power, jealousy and resentment." --The Bookseller, Editor's Choice

About the Author:

Leila Slimani is the first Moroccan (and pregnant) woman to win France's most prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt, which she won for The Perfect Nanny. A journalist, she was born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1981 and now lives in Paris with her French husband and their two young children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wheeler Publishing Large Print
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1432847880
• ISBN 13: 9781432847883
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 275