{"product_id":"9781728298160","title":"Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant : How Nannying for the 1% Taught Me about the Myths of Equality, Motherhood, and Upward Mobility in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this emotional and insightful memoir about nannying for New York City's richest families, Stephanie Kiser chronicles her journey through the world of the Western elite - a world in stark contrast to her own impoverished childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat are the lives of America's richest families really like? Their nannies see it all...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a dysfunctional childhood as one of four kids born to teenage parents and raised \"white trash\" in poor Rhode Island, Stephanie Kiser finds herself a 22-year-old, first-generation university graduate drowning in student loan debt. To stay afloat, she surrenders her career-track PR job for a position as a babysitter to New York City's toddler elite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe span of seven years takes Stephanie on a journey from working alongside a stay-at-home mum in her ten-million dollar Park Ave apartment, to a \"no discipline\" family, to the Kushners, world-class doctors and finally, to a position with a young couple - both high-powered lawyers - with three small kids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInterwoven with Stephanie's time in the glamorous world of the 1% (in the unglamorous role of domestic help) is the narrative of her own upbringing, the contrasts illuminating both the effects of privilege and the grit of self-sufficiency in the modern Western world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith sharp insight, sensitivity and humour, Stephanie Kiser offers a glimpse into the lucrative but exhausting world of childminding for the elite - from emotional highs to crushing lows.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sourcebooks, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49237979201763,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/3758\/6147\/files\/9781728298160-1.jpg?v=1788406335","url":"https:\/\/usa.kinokuniya.com\/products\/9781728298160","provider":"Books Kinokuniya USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}