![]() ![]() A respectable job, Mary Jane’s mother says. Shy, quiet, and bookish, she’s glad when she lands a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor. ![]() In 1970s Baltimore, fourteen-year-old Mary Jane loves cooking with her mother, singing in her church choir, and enjoying her family’s subscription to the Broadway Showtunes of the Month record club. ![]() “Funny, sad, sharp, charming, surprising, big-hearted and true both to its characters and its time.” - Nick Hornby 2022 AUDIE FINALIST - BEST LITERARY FICTION & CLASSICS AUDIOBOOKĪlmost Famous meets Daisy Jones and the Six in this funny, wise, and tender novel about a fourteen-year-old girl’s coming of age in 1970s Baltimore, caught between her straight-laced family and the progressive family she nannies for-who happen to be secretly hiding a famous rock star and his movie star wife for the summer. ![]()
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