A review by courtofsmutandstuff
Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant: How Nannying for the 1% Taught Me about the Myths of Equality, Motherhood, and Upward Mobility in America by Stephanie Kiser

3.0

This was fine and a quick read. The title caught my eye in the library, but I was expecting more of the book to focus on the nannying for the wealthy, but it was about 50/50 her life before nannying and her time as a nanny. Kiser (pronounced Kaiser) alternates between her early life through college years and her time as a nanny, and while it's not entirely chronological, she has a clear progression of things she covers. She does eventually show and reveal that her family were typical Trump voters (even before Trump was a candidate), but she doesn't spend as much time talking about her evolution away from the perspectives of her family and becoming more liberal beyond reading Hilary Clinton's Hard Choices while studying abroad and in general being in college. It feels like she could have explored this more, especially as the book is not terribly long. 
Kiser experienced a lot of trauma in her life - her parents really struggled with the poverty line and she talks about how shouting and chaos were typical parts of her life growing up. I think her memoir could have focused more on her young life, but I did pick this up because of the wealthy nanny angle; also, it sounds like she was trying to be mindful of her family's privacy while still telling her own story. 
If you like memoirs, this is a quick read. 
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