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Stephanie Kiser Live at Colfax

Come join us for a humor filled and inspirational event with Stephanie Kiser as she presents her new book, Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant: How Nannying for the 1% Taught Me about the Myths of Equality, Motherhood, and Upward Mobility in America at Tattered Cover Colfax!

Registration includes a signed copy of the book and an opportunity to meet the author. 

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If you are unable to attend the event after purchasing a ticket, you are required to pick up your copy of the book (with proof of purchase from your event registration) within 30 days after the event date. If the book is not picked up by that date, you relinquish your copy to Tattered Cover Book Store. 

 

ABOUT THE BOOK

Saddled with crushing student debt, Steph Kiser jumps head-first into the lucrative but unglamorous and exhausting world of nannying for New York City's richest families, immersing herself in a world in stark contrast to her own impoverished childhood, in this emotional and insightful new memoir

After a dysfunctional childhood as one of four kids born to teenage parents and raised "white trash" in poor Rhode Island, Stephanie Kiser finds herself a 22-year-old first-generation college grad drowning in student loan debt. To stay afloat, she surrenders her career-track PR job for a position as nanny to New York City’s toddler elite.

The span of seven years takes Stephanie on a journey from working alongside a stay-at-home mom in her ten-million dollar Park Ave apartment, to a “no discipline” family, to the Kushner's, world-class doctors and finally, to a position with a young couple, both high-powered lawyers, with three small kids.

Interwoven with Stephanie’s time in the glamourous world of the 1% (in the unglamourous role of domestic help) is the narrative of her own upbringing, the contrasts illuminating both the effects of privilege and the grit of self-sufficiency.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

STEPHANIE KISER is an author from Providence, Rhode Island. After studying Writing for Film & Television at Emerson College, she moved to New York City. She currently resides in Astoria, New York with her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Burger.