Cover of Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life

Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life

In the 1980s Nina Stibbe wrote letters home to her sister in Leicester describing her trials and triumphs as a nanny to a London family. Nina Stibbe's Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Lifeis the laugh-out-loud story of the trials and tribulations of a very particular family.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 336 pages

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