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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: GENERAL. Brenda Ashford is the quintessential British nanny. Prim and proper, gentle and kind, she seems to have stepped straight out of "Mary Poppins." For more than six decades Nanny Brenda swaddled, diapered, dressed, played with, sang to, cooked for, and...
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Anchor Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2014. c2013 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Anchor books edition. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: GENERAL. Brenda Ashford is the quintessential British nanny. Prim and proper, gentle and kind, she seems to have stepped straight out of "Mary Poppins." For more than six decades Nanny Brenda swaddled, diapered, dressed, played with, sang to, cooked for, and looked after more than one hundred children. From the pampered sons and daughters of lords ensconced in their grand estates to the children of tough war evacuees in London's East End, Brenda has taught countless little ones to be happy, healthy, and thoroughly well bred. In this delightful memoir, Brenda shares her endearing, amusing, and sometimes downright bizarre experiences turning generations of children into successful adults. From the moment Brenda first held her baby brother David she was hooked. She became a second mother to him, changing his nappies, reading him stories, and giving him all the love her warm heart contained. |
| Item Description: | Originally published in hardcover by Doubleday, a division of Random House LLC, New York, in 2013. |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 355 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780307951298 0307951294 |
| Index Number: | HQ778 |
| CLC: | K835.618.9 |
| Call Number: | K835.618.9/A825 |
| Contents: | Home is where the heart is -- The calling -- Nanny boot camp -- Caring for sick children -- Night, night, sleep tight -- My first family -- Yes, your ladyship -- Stolen kisses -- War nursery -- Saints and sinners -- The circle of life -- Troubleshooting nanny -- Coming home -- Epilogue -- Author's note. |