Horrible, narcissistic woman with even more horribly narsissistic husband hires unbelievable nanny to look after the children. They behave abominably to her and are oddly disconnected from their children. I read it, somewhat compelled to finish it just as I can't stop myself from peering at a car crash along the highway. ( )

Literary editor Stuart Cross and his wife Andie, a film critic, hire the talented Louise to be nanny to their two young girls. Louise's perfection, however, begins to irritate the ambitious, but less accomplished Stuart and Andie, and soon the parents' jealousy gets the better of them.

A novel that just doesn't quite excel. In part, it's because it takes such easy targets for its satire: yes, obnoxious suburban nouveau riche New Yorkers living in McMansions are obnoxious and suburban and nouveau riche. I didn't need this book to point it out. Still, there is occasional affection for the characters that pokes through, and it certainly is fun to laugh at the obnoxious suburban nouveau riche characters. ( )