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Minding Ben a Novel

"The Nanny Diaries" meets "The Help" in a riveting debut novel that follows an idealistic young woman as she leaves Trinidad for a new life in New York City--as a nanny.

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  • ""The Nanny Diaries" meets "The Help" in a riveting debut novel that follows an idealistic young woman as she leaves Trinidad for a new life in New York City--as a nanny."@en
  • "Minding Ben invites listeners into the private world of one of the anonymous West Indian babysitters who have peopled the lives of so many young urban families for decades. Grace left Trinidad for New York with hopes for a better life and education. As she struggles to adjust to her new life-and to determine just what shape her American Dream will take-Grace finds work as a nanny for the unconscionable Bruckners, a job that pays meager wages for its demanding and humiliating responsibilities.At the mercy of her employers, and unprepared for the playground politics within the West Indian babysitting community, Grace nevertheless carries the day as she navigates the complicated world of America with strength and perseverance. Minding Ben offers a rarely seen account of the immigrant experience in this strong, compassionate, and insightful narrative."@en
  • "At sixteen, Grace Caton boards her first airplane, leaving behind her small village in Trinidad for New York City. In the colourful world of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Grace finds herself surrounded by other immigrants also finding their way in America, and there's much to learn about her new city. Most challenging of all is figuring out her new employers, the Bruckners, an upper-middle-class family in Manhatten."
  • "The Nanny Diaries meets The Help in a riveting debut novel that follows an idealistic young woman as she leaves Trinidad for a new life in New York City--as a nanny."
  • "The Nanny Diaries meets The Help in a riveting debut novel that follows an idealistic young woman as she leaves Trinidad for a new life in New York City--as a nanny."@en
  • "At sixteen, Grace Caton boards her first airplane, leaving behind her small village in Trinidad for New York City. In the colorful world of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Grace finds herself surrounded by other immigrants also finding their way in America, and there's much to learn about her new city. Most challenging of all is figuring out her new employers, the Bruckners, an upper-middle-class family in Manhattan. Grace's duties range from taking daily nude photos of her pregnant boss to dressing in a traditional maid's costume to serve Passover seder. But Grace loves four-year-old Ben, and she's intrigued by the alternately friendly and scheming nannies who spend their days in Union Square Park, and by their constant gossip about who's hired, who's fired, and who, scandalously, married her boss. As the seasons change, Grace discovers that the Bruckners have surprising secrets of their own, and her life becomes increasingly complicated and confusing. But opportunities appear in the most unexpected places, and Grace realizes that she's living in a city -- and a world -- where anything is possible."@en
  • "Grace leaves Trinidad for a new life as a nanny in New York City, where she discovers a unique West Indian subculture and is forced to conduct humiliating tasks for meager wages as she cares for Ben, the son of the unconscionable Bruckners."@en

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
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