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She captures characters, creating them in your head so you really feel like you know them. She has a real knack for letter writing, and I feel sad that nowadays she's probably, like the rest of us, emailing her correspondence which just isn't quite the same as someone putting pen to paper. Her conversations with the boys are funny - if only all Nannying jobs came with charges like them! And the undercurrents of romance between Nina and Nunney (a friend and helper round at the Tomalin's house) are also funny and sweet. I suppose there will be readers who don't fancy an autobiography of literary North London. And there will be those who can't be doing with an entire book of letters. And of course others who take offence at the swearing. If none of the above sound like you though, give this a try. I was surprised by just how much I enjoyed it.

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