Has anyone read nanny diaries?

I heard about this book when it came out last year, and I was really looking forward to reading it. I finished it over the weekend, and I'm not sure what to think about this book. Mrs. X just p-i-s-s-ed me off through the entire book, and nanny for an educated young woman p-i-s-s-ed me off even more.

What were your opinions?

I read it and I really liked it...especially the end. Im sort of biased since I used to babysit for some upper crust children whose parents resembled all too closely that family!

Michele: Nicole says she found it...so I will have it one day :D

I read it when it first came out and loved it. I too got really annoyed by the mother by the end of the book, just because I was sooo mad at the way she treated everyone!

Many readers didn't like it, but I think the book was hyped up too much by then. When I read it, it was too early for any kind of reviews.

Lisa, I felt the same way about the 'nanny' name. I was thinking WTH is up with that.

I felt so sorry for the child.

Shamma: Here is Amazon's review:

Amazon.com
The Nanny Diaries is an absolutely addictive peek into the utterly weird world of child rearing in the upper reaches of Manhattan's social strata. Cowritten by two former nannies, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, the novel follows the adventures of the aptly named Nan as she negotiates the Byzantine byways of working for Mrs. X, a Park Avenue mommy. Nan's 4-year-old charge, the hilariously named Grayer (his pals include Josephina, Christabelle, Brandford, and Darwin) is a genuinely good sort. He can't help it if his mom has scheduled him for every activity known to the Upper East Side, including ice skating, French lessons, and a Mommy and Me group largely attended by nannies. What makes the book so impossible to put down is the suspense of finding out what the unbelievably inconsiderate Mrs. X will demand of Nan next. One pictures the two authors having the last hearty laugh on their former employers. --Claire Dederer

From Publishers Weekly

Two former Manhattan nannies blow the lid off of the private child-care industry with a hilarious debut that pulls no punches as it recounts the travails of Nan, a hip Mary Poppins looking for a job to fit around her child-development classes at NYU. Mrs. X seems reasonable enough when she hires Nan to look after her four-year-old son, Grayer, but she quickly reveals herself to be a monster a bundle of neuroses wrapped up in Prada, whose son is little more than another status symbol in a fabulous Park Avenue apartment. Mr. X is just as horrible, although he's rarely seen or heard, too busy navigating mergers and mistresses to make time for a family starving for his affection. Nan finds herself stuck in a low-paying job from which she can be fired on a whim, enduring a steady stream of condescension, indifference and passive-aggressive notes on Mrs. X's posh stationery. Against the advice of family and friends, she stays because of her devotion to Grayer but how long will it be before she explodes? The pages fairly crackle with class resentment that might have been more convincing if Nanny's own family weren't as comfortable, and the finale delivers more whimper than bang, but it's easy to forgive such flaws when everything else rings true. Especially impressive is the authors' ability to allow the loathsome Mrs. X occasional flashes of humanity and pathos. Required reading for parents and the women they hire to do their parenting. National advertising and author publicity. (Mar.)Forecast: With Julia Roberts doing the Random Audio version, and film rights already sold to Miramax, the sky's the limit for this thoroughly appealing title.

Lisa, I felt the same way about Nanny's name! I kept waiting for it to be mentioned that it was short for Nancy or something. That was my only gripe about the book.
Otherwise, I thought it was very tongue-in-cheek and funny.

I thought it was pretty good...but I agree...I cannot believe what Nan put up with...I'm sorry, but you can make $10/hr doing better things...

I enjoyed it though...but I wish the ending was different... (don't want to give anything away)