The Nanny (2003 novel)
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The Nanny is a 2003 novel by Melissa Nathan
. The story revolves around Jo Green, a bright but unfulfilled twenty-three-year-old nanny living in provincial England who takes a job with an upper class family in London.
Dickand Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most compatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children - strong and determined Cassandra, humurously protective Zak, and sweet and shy Tallulah - are downright mystifying. Whilst also having Jo on a 24/7 scheduelle, chasing them around to their music or ballet lessons. Suddenly village life doesnt sound too bad.
Then, just as Jo's getting the hang of their designer lifestyle, the Fitzgeralds acquire a new lodger and suddenly she's sharing her nanny flat with the distractingly good-looking but inexplicably tempramental Josh. So when Shaun turns up,things get even trickier...
Melissa Nathan
Melissa Jane Nathan was a journalist and UK author of popular "chick lit" novels in the early 2000s.When working on Persuading Annie , Nathan was diagnosed with breast cancer. She refused to let the illness dominate her life, and – in public anyway – was unfailingly positive...
. The story revolves around Jo Green, a bright but unfulfilled twenty-three-year-old nanny living in provincial England who takes a job with an upper class family in London.
Plot summary
When Jo Green takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family and perfect-on-paper boyfriend, Shaun, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it...Dickand Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most compatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children - strong and determined Cassandra, humurously protective Zak, and sweet and shy Tallulah - are downright mystifying. Whilst also having Jo on a 24/7 scheduelle, chasing them around to their music or ballet lessons. Suddenly village life doesnt sound too bad.
Then, just as Jo's getting the hang of their designer lifestyle, the Fitzgeralds acquire a new lodger and suddenly she's sharing her nanny flat with the distractingly good-looking but inexplicably tempramental Josh. So when Shaun turns up,things get even trickier...