{"product_id":"the-perfect-nanny-paperback","title":"The Perfect Nanny - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeila Slimani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSam Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Soon to be an HBO series starring Nicole Kidman and Maya Erskine* \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe has the keys to their apartment. She knows everything. She has embedded herself so deeply in their lives that it now seems impossible to remove her.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003cb\u003e10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR of \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e by the author of \u003ci\u003eAdèle, Sex and Lies, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Country of Others\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A great novel . . . Incredibly engaging and disturbing . . . Slimani has us in her thrall.\" --\u003cb\u003eRoxane Gay, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBad Feminist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHunger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the most important books of the year. You can't unread it.\" --\u003cb\u003eBarrie Hardymon, NPR's \u003ci\u003eWeekend Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Myriam decides to return to work as a lawyer after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their son and daughter. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family's chic Paris apartment, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on one another, jealousy, resentment, and suspicions mount, shattering the idyllic tableau. Building tension with every page, \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Nanny\u003c\/i\u003e is a compulsive, riveting, bravely observed exploration of power, class, race, domesticity, motherhood, and madness--and the American debut of an immensely talented writer.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeila Slimani\u003c\/b\u003e is the first Moroccan woman to win France's most prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt, which she won for \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Nanny\u003c\/i\u003e. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eAdèle, \u003c\/i\u003e about a sex-addicted woman in Paris, won the La Mamounia Prize for the best book by a Moroccan author written in French and gave rise to her nonfiction book \u003ci\u003eSex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World.\u003c\/i\u003e A journalist and frequent commentator on women's and human rights, Slimani is French president Emmanuel Macron's personal representative for the promotion of the French language and culture and was ranked #2 on \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e France's annual list of the Fifty Most Influential French People in the World. Born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1981, she now lives in Paris with her French husband and their two young children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753778905376,"sku":"9780143132172","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3e9d48dcbe23321d2d8f6d588ccae164.webp?v=1780027343","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-perfect-nanny-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}