In this long-awaited sequel to The Nanny Diaries, which is now a blockbuster film starring Scarlett Johansson, Nan finds herself sucked back into the dysfunctional Upper East Side vortex a decade after she was fired as a nanny.
Set against the backdrop of a Manhattan economy in crisis, The Nanny Returns opens with Nan moving back to New York and being reunited with her former charge, the now 15-year-old Grayer X. Cue fireworks, tears and the rekindling of Nan’s feelings of guilt.
As she tries to repair her relationship with Grayer, whose parents’ are divorcing, Nan dreads the day when she is confronted by the ever-bizarre Mrs. X and her Upper East Side enclave of power and privilege.