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"Is The Perfect Nanny the next Gone Girl? This author's book on a killer nanny is next year's must-read." - The Telegraph The #1 international bestseller and winner of France's most prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt - the first book by a Moroccan (and pregnant) woman to win When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family's chic apartment in Paris's upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on one another, jealousy, resentment, and suspicions mount, shattering the idyllic tableau. Building tension with every page, The Perfect Nanny is a compulsive, riveting, bravely observed exploration of power, class, race, domesticity, and motherhood - and the American debut of an immensely talented writer.