The Nanny (Nathan novel)

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The Nanny
AuthorMelissa Nathan
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherArrow Books
Publication date
2003
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages536 pp (paperback edition)
ISBN0-09-942797-4 (paperback edition)
Preceded byPersuading Annie 
Followed byThe Waitress 

The Nanny is a 2003 novel by Melissa Nathan. The story revolves around Jo Green, a bright but unfulfilled twenty-three-year-old nanny living in provincial England who takes a job with an upper-class family in London.

Plot summary[edit]

When Jo Green takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family and perfect-on-paper boyfriend, Shaun, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it...

Dickand Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most compatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children - strong and determined Cassandra, humorously protective Zak, and sweet and shy Tallulah - are downright mystifying. Whilst also having Jo on a 24/7 schedule, chasing them around to their music or ballet lessons. Suddenly village life doesn't sound too bad.

Then, just as Jo's getting the hang of their designer lifestyle, the Fitzgeralds acquire a new lodger and suddenly she's sharing her nanny flat with the distractingly good-looking but inexplicably temperamental Josh. So when Shaun turns up, things get even trickier...