Read July 2022
Oh my goodness, I loved this book! It is a little trashy but in a totally wholesome way. Is that even a thing? It must be because it perfectly describes this book! :D
The story is about a 14 year old girl in Baltimore during one fateful summer in the 1970's. She is from a very uptight, conservative, staid family but she gets a summer job as a nanny in a freewheeling but extremely loving household. Mary Jane quickly goes through many phases of confusion about this exciting new family (their house is messy, they don't eat regular menu planned meals, and they are clearly more liberal in their thinking - AND their dress!) But as summer goes on she learns what it means to feel loved and seen and accepted into this big rollicking family.
Add in the fact that a famous movie star and her rock star husband are also there for the summer - he is drying out and working through his issues with the psychiatrist dad - and that is to be kept a secret from everyone in the neighborhood, including Mary Jane's parents... you have a truly charming coming of age story that I would read again!
This is a perfect summertime read. Great fun and you will fall in love with all the characters.
I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars.
Side note -
As I was reading the book I couldn't help but think the movie star wife is a weird composite of Marie Osmond & Cher and the husband was similar to Greg Allman. Also note - if you read her Q&A at the end of the book she basically says she really did get hired to write the biography of a famous movie star and it didn’t work out so she just poured a lot of that into this book.
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