Article: `The Nanny Diaries' by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus; St. Martin's Press.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

There are women on Manhattan's Park Avenue who hire decorators for their Christmas trees, know more about Prada's latest offerings than the inner lives of their tender offspring, and acquire matching Halloween ensembles for their children _ and child-care providers.

All of this and more is revealed in "The Nanny Diaries'' (St. Martin's Press), Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus' comic yet affecting novel of manners, or serious lack thereof. The engaging, almost addictive book _ in its fourth printing and optioned for a movie even before its official pub date last Thursday _ has quickly become a phenomenon.

Both women know of what they write, having ...

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