The Good Nanny, Ben Cheever
The Good Nanny, Ben Cheever
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The Good Nanny

Author: Ben Cheever

Narrator: George K. Wilson

Unabridged: 8 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/03/2012

Categories: Fiction, Humorous


Synopsis

Expert satirist Benjamin Cheever, author of Famous After Death, uses his dark sense of humor to deliver another searing look at suburbia. Literary editor Stuart Cross and his wife Andie, a film critic, hire the talented Louise to be nanny to their two young girls. Louise's perfection, however, begins to irritate the ambitious, but less accomplished Stuart and Andie, and soon the parents' jealousy gets the better of them.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alfred

This audio book was kind of boring. It was mostly about the man of the house and his two daughters, and his dealing with his paranoid wife but didn't really get around to the nanny all that much and have much at all going on until close to the end. It didn't help that the CD's were well used and wor......more

Goodreads review by June

Judging by other ratings, a lot of people don't like this book. It was not your typical mystery for sure.The author has his own unique style of writing, and the beginning of the book took a while to build up interest. I am giving it four stars because I think the author had an incredibly effective a......more

Goodreads review by Marji

The novel revolves around Stuart and his wife who have bought an extravagant home and need a competent nanny to care for their children while they both work. They hire "Sugar," an artist and highly recommended nanny whom their girls love. The parents pride themselves on being open minded and progre......more