See this image. Me and Will. When Regi moves into her new house share, she's ready for a clean slate. A deft portrait of bourgeois family life in the twenty-first century . And so the focus will inevitably be connecting the dots between how Louise, the seemingly perfect nanny, could be responsible for such a horrible crime. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. . Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2018. The reader was lovely. I saw you watching from the window - and knew I’d have to keep you well away from my husband. What follows is one of the most twisted, shocking thrillers you’ll ever hear. By: . You never get it. Cancel anytime. Ellie Heydon, By: The first ‘hot’ novel of 2018 . And when Andrew is murdered at a family party, both women are found standing over the body. 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. Lucy Foley. Laura the soft-spoken schoolteacher with the faded cardigans and flat shoes. 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.The #1 international bestseller and winner of France’s most prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt, by the author of Adèle Download and start listening now! Olivia Dowd, If you love dark, propulsive thrillers, you'll be hooked. Narrated by Finty Williams. Incredibly engaging and disturbing . We said “That’s the end”? A devastating, entrancing, literary psychological drama supported by absorbing character studies . I have never really read French fiction, so I don’t know, culturally, what they are generally like. Then in droned on and on. But in trying to undermine each other, they discover more about the man they both married. Such a good book. He asked me to come. Not enough to tell you more about who these people are or why it was even relevant to the story. By: Don't waste your time. They hold a devastating secret. OK The Perfect Nanny: A Novel Paperback – April 2, 2019 by Leila Slimani (Author) 3.4 out of 5 stars 846 ratings. Carrie Magillen, Narrated by: Please try again. She has the keys to their apartment. I cannot recommend this one. Chris Dyer, . but it is not some stunningly great novel-of-the-year. . Readers aren't likely to converge on a single interpretation of why Louise has done what she's done. Tamsin Kennard, By: Beth will live happily ever after with her little girl and her soulmate. Ruth Ware, One of the 10 Best Books of the Year of The New York Times Book Review, "A great novel... Incredibly engaging and disturbing... You read the entire novel knowing something terrible is coming. Tarryn Fisher, Narrated by: The story just stops. More than a decade later, Kit thinks she's put Diane behind her forever, and she's begun to fulfill the scientific dreams Diane awakened in her. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. . (Roxane Gay, New York Times best-selling author of Bad Feminist and Hunger), "A book...that I’ve thought about pretty much every day... [It] felt less like an entertainment, or even a work of art, than like a compulsion. … Unless that company happens to be eight coworkers...each with something to gain, something to lose, and something to hide. . that I've thought about pretty much every day . Yet as Richard was accepted and drawn into their inner circle, he learned a terrifying secret that bound them to one another...a secret about an incident in the woods in the dead of night where an ancient rite was brough to brutal life...and lead to a gruesome death. I was expecting more of a calculating nanny who did everything she could to appear perfect to everyone but deep down or maybe even just not in an obvious way she had twisted secrets or a kind of malicious darkness about her. Slimani ratchets up the tension here through close quarters, resentment and complicity. The Perfect Nanny - The Perfect Nanny audiobook, by Leila Slimani... *One of the 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR of The New York Times Book Review**National Bestseller*“A great novel . “Mulher, como sua missão é divina”, diz um verso. Desperate to escape the shadow of her past that follows her everywhere she goes, Regi finds the ideal distraction in the perfect lives of others on social media. Adictivo, al mismo tiempo que entristece, también horroriza. The wine. She knows everything. But it’s not only the woman Cassie is shocked by, it’s the baby nestled in Kim’s arms. [ShoppingCartItemsAddedOnMerge] audiobook(s) were left in your cart from a previous visit, and saved to your account for your convenience. Adèle appears to have the perfect life. So twisted and creepy, but absolutely captivating. Genial. Unlimited listening to select Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts. The story's tension builds relentlessly. I translate a lot in my job, so maybe I'm more aware of this and it wouldn't bother others as much. A great novel . *One of the 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR of The New York Times Book Review**National Bestseller*“A great novel . She has embedded herself so deeply in their lives that it now seems impossible to remove her. I found it extraordinary. . Until I see my husband’s gorgeous face smiling back at me from a photograph on the fireplace in someone else’s home, and something inside of me snaps.... By: (Barrie Hardymon, NPR’s Weekend Edition). I did see the author raised a social issue. Cassie’s grandchild. [It] felt less like an entertainment, or even a work of art, than like a compulsion. Pretty radical for a domestic thriller, but what's more remarkable about this unconventional novel is the author's intimate analysis of the special relationship between a mother and a nanny. A perfect match. Imogen Church. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 18, 2019. Because I never thought he’d be capable of doing what he did. Building tension with every sentence, 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. Lauren Fortgang, By: But then maybe I underestimated Ralph, too. Ava doesn’t want to go. Her stage credits include The Secret Life of Charlie Chaplin, Northanger Abbey, and The Misanthrope, while on television she has been seen in Born and Bred, Tales from the Crypt, and The Torch. I found it extraordinary." She has the keys to their apartment. Leila Slimani (Author), Finty Williams (Narrator), Penguin Audio (Publisher) & 0 more. But the abrupt ending keeps me from fully enjoying this book. By: There was no real sense of why she did the things she did, there were very scant hints and backstory about 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. Cancel online anytime. Please try again. While there can obviously be no reasonable explanation for such a horrendous act, the author continuously teases that there is something to be understood about the Nanny that will subsequently be explained, other than a stock mental break down explaining very little. By: . One is living hand to mouth, suffering at the hands of a violent partner who would rather see her dead than leave him. Lucy Foley, Narrated by: The Nanny is interesting, but nothing about anything is fully fleshed out. On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. Anna-Lou Weatherley, Narrated by: Top subscription boxes – right to your door, Psychological Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals), Women's Fiction (Audible Books & Originals), Literary Fiction (Audible Books & Originals), © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. and others, By: She knows everything. Cassie stares at the woman on her doorstep in disbelief. I found it extraordinary.” —Lauren Collins, The New Yorker“One of the most important books of the year. And we understand that there should be a stronger social support system for the people who live on the margin of subsistence. . James Lailey, By: As Louise starts to dig into Caz’s past, the two women’s pretence of civility starts to slip. Just months after losing her only son, Josh, here stands a stranger claiming to be Josh’s girlfriend. . I think even he was surprised by his choice. If you're reading this, I assume you must be in search of a nanny right now, or you are preparing for the time you might need to hire one for your kids. . The number-one international best seller and winner of France’s most prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt, by the author of Adèle and Sex and Lies. By: But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on one another, jealousy, resentment, and suspicions mount, shattering the idyllic tableau. Confronting it demands an unthinkable choice. 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