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Meet Dr. Shelley Green - newly minted pediatrician. After graduating medical school at the top of her class, Shelley is hired by Madison Pediatrics, the Upper East Side's most exclusive practice. Suddenly this self-described 'schlumpy girl from Jackson Heights' is thrown into the world of the rich, famous, and very neurotic. Her life is about to change in a big way. Hyper-parenting has reached epidemic proportions - and Madison Pediatrics is its over-privileged epicenter. Shelley, a superb doctor with a kid-friendly touch and a genius for diagnosis, quickly becomes the Upper East Side's latest must-have accessory, the darling of the fabulously-wealthy-with-kids crowd. Now she's slimming down, dressing up in Fendi and Prada, and weekending in the Hamptons. No wonder Arthur - her adorable schoolteacher fiancé - is baffled. Enter Josh Potter - blueblood hunk who never seems to have his checkbook around. What he does have is charm, connections, and enough sex appeal to set Shelley's head spinning. Before long, Shelley's plate is way too full: men and medicine, elite nursery schools and rooftop swimming pools. Can she handle it all without losing her soul? Find out in this delicious dose of fiction that brims with acerbic wit, dead-on satire, and finally, poignancy and heart.
Author Notes
Dr. Judy Goldstein is one of the leading pediatricians in Manhattan, and has appeared in New York magazine's "The Best Doctors in New York" in 1999, 2000, 2003, and 2005. She was selected as one of the "Best Doctors in America" in 2005 and 2006. She has a thriving Upper East Side practice. Sebastian Stuart's first novel was The Mentor . He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
When Dr. Shelley Green joins Madison Pediatrics, a medical practice catering to the rich, peculiar parents of the Upper East Side of Manhattan, this self-described "schlumpy girl from Jackson Heights" is unprepared for the self-centered eccentrics who parade through her office. First-time collaborators Goldstein and Stuart have created them all in this chick-out-of-water comedy: a six-year-old with strep devastated to miss her Bergdorf manicure, a show-biz mom who wants a nose job for her eight-month-old son, and ultrapampered busybody Amanda Walker, who takes Shelley under her gilded wing. In the name of developing the "persona" to fit in with the posh parents from her practice, Shelley dives into the world of designer stores, spends weekends in the Hamptons with Amanda and her upscale friends and considers a dalliance with rich, hunky Josh Potter-a man entirely unlike her schoolteacher fiance, Arthur. Of course, Shelley eventually has to decide what really matters to her, but before she does there are plenty of delicious laughs and devious betrayals among the Dior-and-diapers set. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
This summer's Nanny Diaries features a newly minted pediatrician working among the wacky rich on Manhattan's Upper East Side. When Shelley Green, a "schlumpy girl from Jackson Heights," accepts a position at Madison Pediatrics, she suspects her world is about to change, and not just because she's surrounded by svelte doctors wearing Chanel suits and Manolo Blahnik heels. Among those she meets are parents asking for a letter of recommendation--for a 15-month-old; a formerly famous folksinger who refuses to change her daughter's diapers because "they mess with my muse"; and a plastic surgeon hoping to trade services ("You take care of my daughter in return for two procedures"). Along with the bizarre requests, Shelley tries to identify the mysterious ailment of 12-year-old Alison Young, whose mother recently died of a cerebral aneurysm. Are Alison's symptoms a manifestation of grief, or something else? As Shelley consults with specialists and considers the possibilities, she spends her weekends in the Hamptons as a trophy live-in pediatrician. There she meets hunky Josh Potter, for whom she dumps her staid fianc Arthur, until the anti-Semitism of the Hamptons rears its ugly head. "Did you get a load of Josh Potter's new meal ticket? I wonder where they met--a B'nai Brith mixer?" No surprises here: Readers know that Shelley will ultimately reject the superficial Upper East Side culture (and Josh) to return to her roots--and walking tours of Brooklyn with Arthur--but not without a drastic weight loss, a chic new haircut and designer duds of her own. Nice dialogue and pacing by Goldstein and Stuart (The Mentor, 1999) keep this Nanny clone racing along. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Library Journal Review
Newly minted pediatrician Shelley Green is hired by an exclusive medical practice that caters to the offspring of Manhattan's wealthy elite. Like a fish out of water, Shelley is soon gasping for air as she juggles on-call Hamptons weekends and the swanky expectations of her patients' parents while putting her relationship with her down-to-earth fianc? Arthur to its biggest test yet. Goldstein, an Upper East Side pediatrician, has partnered with novelist Stuart (The Mentor) to pen a funny behind-the-scenes look at the medical styles of the rich and famous. A modern reminder about the grass not necessarily being greener on the other side, this is a light and entertaining summer read that will appeal to fans of Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus's The Nanny Diaries, Eliot Schrefer's Glamorous Disasters, and other glossy Manhattan fiction. For all public libraries. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.