Emma McLaughlin Knihy

Študentka, usilujúca sa získať diplom na Newyorskej univerzite a udržať si mikroskopický bytík, sa zamestná ako pestúnka jedináčika v bohatej rodine. Rýchlo sa naučí správať tak, aby zámožná žena z Park Avenue, ktorá nepracuje, nevarí, neupratuje a nevychováva svoje dieťa, prežila krásny, bezstarostný deň. Keď sa manželstvo jej zamestnávateľov začne rúcať, pestúnka je do toho zapletená v takej miere, ktorá prekračuje ľudskú dôstojnosť a dobrý vkus. Jej postavenie v rodine sa stáva takmer nemožným poslaním udržať duševné zdravie ich štvorročného chlapčeka. Vyše deväť stresujúcich mesiacov predvádzajú zámožná manželka a pestúnka odveký tanec slušnosti a moci, pričom skúmajú hranice moderného otroctva. Denník pestúnky ironizuje spôsob, ako americké privilegované vrstvy vychovávajú svoje privilegované potomstvo. Kniha, ktorú napísali dve bývalé opatrovateľky detí, je pichľavou a zároveň komickou satirou, ktorá rúca aureolu obklopujúcu manhattanské vyššie vrstvy.

Náš věk nevypovídá vůbec nic o tom, jestli jsme už dospělí. Když chodila Rory McGovernová do sedmé třídy, usmíval se na ni z plakátů v pokojíčku Blake Turner, dětská herecká hvězda. Když se s ním o deset let později sešla na studiích na vysoké umělecké škole, platonicky ho milovala. Když si ho o dalších deset let později odvážela k sobě domů nočním taxíkem, připadala si jako ve snu. Když ale o dalších deset let později vychází najevo, že Blakeova herecká sláva poněkud bledne a na účtě chybí pro rodinu s dvěma dětmi peníze, musí se Rory z krásného snu probudit. Talentovaná fotografka se pouští do práce na plný úvazek. V novém digitálním lifestylovém časopise jí ale šéfují dvě dívky, co sotva vyšly ze školy. Blake ji uraženě opouští a Rory zůstává na všechno kolem dětí, práce i domácnosti úplně sama. Musí stíhat vodit děti do školy, chystat oslavy, vymýšlet úspěšné pracovní fotoprojekty, odrážet dvoření o sedmnáct let mladšího přítele své nadřízené i nekonečné otázky rodičů, jak to s jejím manželstvím bude dál. A na synově fotbalovém tréninku může každý víkend přemýšlet, proč si ostatní ženy dokázaly vybrat muže, kteří se o rodinu postarají, třeba sympatického Joshe. Román ze současného New Yorku nás provede jedním rokem, během kterého se hrdinka Rory McGovernová naučí, jak se ze všeho nezhroutit a být po čtyřicítce konečně dospělá.

Rory McGovern faces a sudden upheaval in her life when her husband, Blake, decides to step back from his roles as a partner and father. As she navigates single parenthood with two children, managing their needs and her own emotions, she must also adapt to a new job working for two young professionals. The story explores themes of resilience, the challenges of motherhood, and the complexities of a crumbling marriage, all while Rory strives to find her footing in this unexpected new chapter.

When seventeen-year-old Max Scott got her heart broken she didn't just sit at home sobbing into her ice cream and obsessing over her ex, Hugo's, latest Facebook postings. Well, actually she did. But she also decided that no girl should have to be tortured like that, so she read through all the psych books, Oprah transcripts, and historical precedents she could get her hands on and came up with a foolproof program to get over being dumped. These days, Max is the go-to guru for heartbroken high-school girls all over NYC. But when Hugo shows up in her neighborhood, suddenly Max is so busy trying to avoid her own ex that she isn't able to help anyone else with theirs. As Hugo invades her life all over again, Max's carefully controlled world starts to unravel. With her clients' hearts hanging in the balance, Max will have to do the seemingly impossible: get over her ex once and for all.

The bestselling authors of The Nanny Diaries introduce a new heroine to root for: Jesse O'Rourke, coffee barista, high school senior, and unwitting reality TV star. Imagine there was never a Laguna Beach, a Newport Harbor, the shimmering Hills. Imagine that your hometown—your school—is the first place XTV descends to set up cameras. Now imagine they've trained them on you. When Jesse O'Rourke gets picked for a "documentary" being filmed at her school in the Hamptons she's tempted to turn down the offer. But there's a tuition check attached to being on the show, and Jesse needs the cash so she can be the first in her family to attend college. All she has to do is trade her best friend for the glam clique she's studiously avoided, her privacy for a 24/7 mike, and her sense of right and wrong for "what sells on camera." . . . At least there's one bright spot in the train wreck that is her suddenly public senior year: Jesse's crush has also made the cast. As the producers manipulate the lives of their "characters" to heighten the drama, and Us Weekly covers become a regular occurrence for Jesse, she must struggle to remember one thing: the difference between real and the real real.

Ten years after the fateful night when Nan was fired, she returns to New York with her husband, HH. Finally settling in to build a permanent home and get her consulting business off the ground, Nan's plans are derailed by HH's sudden desire to start a family - and her surpisingly strong resistance to the idea.

The bestselling authors of "The Nanny Diaries" and "Citizen Girl" have written a poignant, humorous tale about modern celebrity obsession, in this lively and hilarious tale of a smart young woman looking for satisfaction in the chaos of contemporary culture.

Citizen Girl follows an ambitious and idealistic young woman as she confronts what it means to be young and female in the new economy, where a college degree entitles one to make copies and color-coordinate file folders--if one is lucky. From the authors of The Nanny Diaries.

Wanted: One young woman to take care of four-year-old boy. Must be cheerful, enthusiastic and selfless--bordering on masochistic. Must relish sixteen-hour shifts with a deliberately nap-deprived preschooler. Must love getting thrown up on, literally and figuratively, by everyone in his family. Must enjoy the delicious anticipation of ridiculously erratic pay. Mostly, must love being treated like fungus found growing out of employers Hermès bag. Those who take it personally need not apply. Who wouldn't want this job? Struggling to graduate from NYU and afford her microscopic studio apartment, Nanny takes a position caring for the only son of the wealthy X family. She rapidly learns the insane amount of juggling involved to ensure that a Park Avenue wife who doesn't work, cook, clean, or raise her own child has a smooth day. When the X's' marriage begins to disintegrate, Nanny ends up involved way beyond the bounds of human decency or good taste. Her tenure with the X family becomes a nearly impossible mission to maintain the mental health of their four-year-old, her own integrity and, most importantly, her sense of humor. Over nine tense months, Mrs. X and Nanny perform the age-old dance of decorum and power as they test the limits of modern-day servitude. Written by two former nannies, The Nanny Diaries deftly punctures the glamour of Manhattan's upper class.