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Searching for Mary Poppins: Women Write About the Intense Relationship Between Mothers and Nannies

A series of essays by twenty-five top women writers explores the dynamic between mothers and nannies as well as the spectrum of emotions experienced by mothers when relinquishing their children to another caregiver, in a volume that includes pieces by Susan Cheever, Joyce Maynard, and Jacquelyn Mitchard.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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