Tag: books

  • Review: The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani

    Review: The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani

    She has the keys to their apartment. She knows everything. She has embedded herself so deeply in their lives that it now seems impossible to remove her. [Pub. Penguin Books. 228 pp.] After giving birth to her second child, ambitious French-Moroccan lawyer Myriam Massé decides to return to the career she’s put on hold, and…

  • Review: The Sultan and the Queen by Jerry Brotton

    Review: The Sultan and the Queen by Jerry Brotton

    In a world where men have traditionally used women to further their own ambitions, Queen Elizabeth I—the last of the Tudor monarchs, Gloriana, and the Virgin Queen—has always been a compelling historical figure. But few know that besides ushering in the golden age of England, the woman once known solely as the daughter of King…