NANNY CONFIDENTIAL

A deliciously gossipy novel about the rich and famous from a real-life nanny to the stars who has seen it all.

When Lindsay Starwood moved from a small town to Melbourne, she had no idea that her after-school babysitting job would turn into a career. Her boss was Steven Stavros, the football player more famous for his extramarital activities than his goal-scoring abilities. However, word soon got out about the Australian nanny who was great with kids, cool in a crisis and capable of keeping the secrets of the rich and famous tighly under wraps. It wasn't long before Hollywood was calling. But being a celebrity nanny isn't the Mary Poppins fantasy you might imagine. When Lindsay finds herself caring for the six (yes, six!) daughters of fame-hungry reality television star Alysha Appleby, her patience is pushed to its limits. With a non-stop schedule, a film crew watching her every move and duties way outside her job description (like putting a seven-year-old on a detox), Lindsay begins to wonder whether she has a future as a nanny, or whether Hollywood's streets of gold are really a dead end. From affairs to bomb threats and suspicious deaths, Lindsay sees a dark ? and lonely ? side of Hollywood that you'll never read about in a magazine. Will she have to choose between her dream job and the children she loves, and her own happiness? Philippa Christian has worked as a nanny for the rich and famous. Born and raised in Melbourne, she has lived and worked in Australia and LA. This is her first novel.