READER'S ROCK LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE VOL 2 ISSUE 4 NOVEMBER 2014 Vol. 1 Issue 8 Feb. 2014 | Page 38

New York
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA gives a
rich and hilarious new meaning to
complaints about “The Boss from Hell.”
Narrated in Andrea’s smart, refreshingly
disarming voice, it traces a deep, dark,
devilish view of life at the top only
hinted at in gossip columns and over
Cosmopolitans at the trendiest cocktail
parties. From sending the latest, not-yetin-stores Harry Potter to Miranda’s
children in Paris by private jet, to
locating an unnamed antique store
where Miranda had at some point
admired a vintage dresser, to serving
lattes to Miranda at precisely the piping
hot temperature she prefers, Andrea is

Wanted:
One young woman to take care of four-yearold 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

sorely tested each and every day—and
often late into the night with orders
barked over the phone. She puts up with
it all by keeping her eyes on the prize: a
recommendation from Miranda that will
get Andrea a top job at any magazine of
her choosing. As things escalate from
the merely unacceptable to the
downright outrageous, however, Andrea
begins to realize that the job a million
girls would die for may just kill her.
And even if she survives, she has to
decide whether or not the job is worth
the price of her soul.

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 Xs' 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.

Vintage Tom Wolfe, the #1 bestseller
that will forever define latetwentieth-century New York style.
"No one has portrayed New York
Society this accurately and
devastatingly since Edith Wharton"
(The National Review)