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I flew through this one - maybe because I felt like I related to part of Stephanie’s memoir. I kept flipping through the pages curious what would happen next. The best part about this memoir is that it gives us a glimpse into two completely different worlds - the world of Upper East Side nannies and the world of working class paycheck to paycheck families. Stephanie straddles both. And yet she acknowledges that she is able to excell in the nanny circle due to some of her own privileges - being white and college educated. There’s definitely some social commentary here and a lot about why our education system and value system is corrupt. The debt from college is what plunges Stephanie into the nannying world anyway, because her liberal arts degree pushes her into entry level jobs in NYC that she can’t pay rent, her student loans and still be able to feed herself. There are also lots of tender moments here where we see her familial past as well as her relationship with the families she nannies for. I really enjoyed this and could see it becoming a talked about book like Educated. I’m glad Stephanie finally achieved her dream of breaking into writing!

Thanks to Netgalley, Sourcebooks and Stephanie Kiser for the ARC.