The Nanny Diaries & The Pilot's Wife

Host: Mary Kennard
Book: The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve
Meeting Date: July 29, 2006
Location: Mary's (Manteca)

The Nanny Diaries Synopsis
Based on the real-life experiences, the inside story on the real lives of the rich and privileged from the women who know all the secrets - the nannies. The Nanny Diaries deftly skewers the manner in which America's over-privileged raises les petites - as if grooming them for a Best of Show competition. A poignant satire, it punctures the glamor of Manhattan's upper class to tackle head-on the truer state of backstairs Park Avenue.

RATINGS
7 of 11 members voted.
14% gave this book 5 stars
28% gave this book 4 stars
57% gave this book 3 stars

The Pilot's Wife Synopsis
The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve—an engrossing thriller woven between the pages of a stirring meditation on love and betrayal. With one late-night knock on her door, Kathryn Lyons's worst fears as a pilot's wife come true: Her husband, Jack, has died in a mid-air explosion off the coast of Ireland. Later, a phone number found among Jack's papers leads Kathryn to London and the unfathomable truth about her husband's secret other life. A second wife and two young children are just the beginning of what Jack was hiding in England. With each staggering revelation, Kathryn must reconcile her memories of the man she loved with the disturbing portrait unfolding before her.

RATINGS
4 of 11 members voted.
75% gave this book 2 stars
25% gave this book 1 stars