Kiser Stephanie - Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant How Nannying For The 1% Taught Me About The Myths Of Equality Motherhood And Upward Mobility In America - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: In 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.*** What are the lives of America's richest families really like? Their nannies see it all After 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. The 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. Interwoven 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. With 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.
Title: Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant How Nannying For The 1% Taught Me About The Myths Of Equality Motherhood And Upward Mobility In America
Author(s): Kiser Stephanie
Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc
Barcode: 9781728298160
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 8/6/2024
Category: Social Classes