The Perfect Nanny

A Novel

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For fans of The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante and the Netflix movie adaptation directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Olivia Colman

One of the 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR of The New York Times Book Review

The # international bestseller by the author of Adèle, Sex and Lies, and In the Country of Others

“You won’t move until you reach the last page.” –People

She 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.

When 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, The Perfect Nanny is a compulsive, riveting, bravely observed exploration of power, class, race, domesticity, motherhood, and madness–and the American debut of an immensely talented writer.

On Sale
Apr 2, 2019
Page Count
288 pages
Publisher
Penguin Books
ISBN-13
9780525506102