I so loved this book. It was funny and sad and just plain enjoyable.
Nan is a nanny. Weird right, her name basically being her job? Anyway, she's hired to work part time for the X family watching 4 year old Grayer. Now, this is New York City, so naturally she's essentially a replacement parent because Mr. X works all the time and Mrs. X is too busy with her social engagements to watch her own son. So Nanny and Grayer begin to form a super strong bond. But Nanny struggles with her employers, particularly after discovering Mr. X's dirty little secret. But she tries to make things as normal as she can for Grayer.
I think I enjoyed this book so much because I was sitting there feeling the pain and frustration that Nanny went through while trying to get her charge's parents to understand that he needs them to take a more active role in his life. Grayer wants to spend all this time with his father, but really only sees him for a couple of hours every few months (really, that's what it seemed like). And every time Grayer tries to give his mother a hug or show some affection, she basically redirects him away from her. He is obviously a somewhat broken child because of how neglectful his parents are. At least he has Nanny.
Anyway, thoroughly enjoyed this book and I would read it over and over. I hope that the second book in the series is as good.
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